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56. Mergiis serrator, I,iiin<?. 



"Pye," or "Pajk," Ciunltcrlaiul Eskimo and Ciroenlaiulprs. 



A regular breeder in Cumberland, but not very common. Nests on 

 the perpendicular faces of liigh cliffs. Found on the Greenland coast 

 to 730 ]S^. lat. at least, and probably farther. Begins nesting in Cumber- 

 laiid ;iboiit July 1. 



57. Sula bassana, Briss. 



Not iced at dilierent times from Beaver Island, Nova Scotia, to hit. 

 Goo N., most numerously in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the South 

 Labra(l(»r coast. Not observed in Cumberland. 



58. Graculus carbo, Liuud. 



"Okaitsok," Cuiiiboilaud Eskimo ami Oreenlanders. 



A regular breeder in Cumberland; did not appear to be common, but 

 the Eskimo say that some years they are quite plenty. The primaries 

 were formerly in great demand for their arrows. 



59. Buphagiis skua, (Briiun.) Coues. 



" ."^ta-ln'ir' of whalemen. 



One specimen procured at sea, lat. 41o N., long. 08° W., Atlantic Ocean. 

 Others were seen at the time. Appears to be of frequent occurrence on 

 the George's, Newfoundland, and Nova Scotian banks in winter. Seen 

 near Lady Franklin Island, north of Hudson's Straits, in September; 

 they then had young ones on the rocks. 



60. Stercorarius pomatorhinus, (Temm.) Vicill. 



"Lsliunj^ak," Cumberland Eskimo and Greenlandere. 



These birds were first observed at Bonne Bay, Newfoundland, Au- 

 gust 16. From this jioint northward to 71° N. they were common at 

 nearly all points,' and from Belle Isle to Hud.son's Straits they were 

 almiidant. They nest about Nugumeute and Ciiniicll Bay. l>iit not in 

 Cumberland Sound. On the western shore of Davis Straits they are 

 common, and nest at the mouth of Exeter Sound and at Shaumoor. 1 

 have, however, nowhere found them so very common as on the sontlicrn 

 shores of Disko Island; at Laxbught and Fortuna Bay there must have 

 been many hundred pairs nesting. Their breeding-place was an inac- 

 ce.ssil)l(' clilT, about half a mile from the seashore. The greater number 

 of the l)ird.s nesting here were in tlie idmiiagc described in Dr. Coue.s's 

 monograjili (d" tlie Larida", as tlie urarli/ adult jdumage; but there were 

 also a godd many bird.s tliat were unicolored blackish bntwii all over, 

 hut irifh the hnuj rrrtiaiUi/ tiristcd tdil/mthers. That these were breed- 

 ing I think there can be no doubt, as I saw them carrying food up to 



