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41. Totanus melanoleucus, (Gm.) Vicill. 



A sinj^lo spociiin'ii on Arctic I.slaiid, CiiinbeiiaiKl Sound, Sojitemher 

 14, 1877. 



42. Numenius borealis, (Forat.) Lath. 



A few flocks seen passin^^ northward up Kingwah Fjord in June. 

 One specimen procured. Not noticed in autumn. Well known to the 

 Cumberland E.skiino. 



43. Grus ? (i)rol)ably fraterculus). 



(^uitc connuon in some localities. Breeds in Kinj^wali and Eangnite 

 Fjords in Cumberland, in Exeter Sound, and Home Bay on the west 

 coast of Davis Straits. Common, especially during- .spring, at Godliavn. 



44. Cyguus ? 



Swan.s occasionally occur in the Southern Cumberland waters ; but the 

 species is uncertain, as I could not procure a specimen. Said to be of 

 regular occurrence in the Lake Kennedy region. 



45. Anser albifrons, var. gambeli, (Hart.) Couos. 



Not observed in any numbers about our winter harbor, but undoubt- 

 edly occurs in abundance on the freshwater lakes. This is i)robably 

 the goose that the I'lskimo take in such great numbers at Lake Kinmedy. 

 where they drive them towards the sea-coast while they are in moult. 

 Are common on the Greenland coast to 72° N. lat., and probably much 

 fartlu'r. Large Hocks were met with on the pack-ice in the middle of 

 Davis Straits, July 21, 25, and 2G. Eggs were procured in the Godhaven 

 district in Greenland. The skin of the breast is sometimes used by the 

 E.skimo for under-garments. 



46. Auser hyperboreus, Pall. 



Ap])ears to be rare and migratory in the Cumberland waters. Saw a 

 few specimens in early spring and late autumn. 



47. Braiita hutcliinsii, S\r. 



A single specimen procured June 10 in Kingwah Fjord. The Eskimo 

 who killed it said he has seen many to the southward of Nugumeute. 

 Saw no Canada geese at any time during my stay. 



48. Anas boschas, Linn. 



" KaiTtoolnk," Greonlanders. 



Not observed in Cumberland, and nnknowTi to the Eskimo. Not rare 

 on the ('irccnhind coast as far north as Upernavik. The flesh of this 

 duck on the coast of Greenland is scarcely (it to eat, being almost as 

 rank as a loon's. 



