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at the side of rivers and near the edge of the steep coast, both 

 sites affording a good view. Here I saw many abandoned nests, 

 which all belonged to the Pink-footed Goose, judging from the shape, 

 egg-shells and site. 



In Green Harbour they were very common in the beginning ot 

 September. I often saw large flocks flying across the bay to and 

 from Icefjord. 



The Icefjord-area, being more and more populated, the number of 

 Pink-footed and Brent Geese is decreasing, as I was told, which is 

 a great pity, for the Pink-footed Goose is confined to Spitsbergen 

 and (probably) to Franz Joseph Land (Practical Handbook of British 

 Birds, H, p. 247). 



Branta leucopsis (Bechst,), the Barnacle Goose. 



Bernicla leucopsis (Bechst.), Teevoe Battye (1897), p. 583. 

 Brenta leucopsis (Bechst.), Kolthoff (1903), p. 54. 

 Branta leucopsis Bechst., Schalow (1904), p. 180. 

 Branta leucopsis (Bechst.), le Roi (1911), p. 222. 

 Branta leucopsis Bechst., Zedlitz (1911), p. 321. 



This Goose, breeding very rarely in Spitsbergen [up till now only 

 found by Nathorst and de Geer in Bell Sound (nest and eggs, June 

 25, 1882 '), by Nathorst and Kolthoff in van Keulen Bay (adult 

 and young, July, 15, 1898'), byj Römer and Sghaudinn in Wijde 

 Bay (July 8, 1898, Fauna arctica, I, p. 82) and by Koenig's ex- 

 peditions in Advent Bay (le Roi (1911), p. 224)], was also collected 

 by the Oxford University Expedition this year in Icefjord, where 

 they probably bred in Dickson Bay, Klaas Billen Bay, Sassen Bay 

 and principally near Advent Bay, where they were found on 

 precipitous cliffs high up in the mountains near Longyear City; 

 here the Oxf. Exp. collected several clutches. I myself saw only 

 two specimens flying along the shore near Mt. Congress on July 

 13, (O.E.). 



Branta bernicla bernicla (L.), the Brent Goose. 



Bernicla brenta (Briss.), Trevor Battye (1897), p. 582. 



Brenta bernicla (L.), Kolthoff (1903), p. 55. 



Branta bernicla bernicla Linn., Schalow (1904), p. 178. 



1) These records cit. after le Roi (1911). 



