141 



Branta hernida (L.), le Roi (1911), p. 214. 

 Brcmta hernida hernida L., Zedlitz (1911), p. 320. 



The Brent Goose, somewhat less shy than Anser hradt?jrh?jndiuSj 

 was of common occuiTcnce in Tundra Boheman in the end of June 

 and the first half of July. In early July some specimens were often 

 seen on the Three Isles, but nests I did not find, probably due to 

 the fact that the birds were kept from nesting by our labourers, 

 who often came to the Isles to collect the Eider-eggs. The Three 

 Isles are perhaps the same islands, where Kolthoff found the 

 Brent breeding in 1900 and le Roi in 1907. On the Anser Isles, 

 which probably owe their name to this goose, they do not breed 

 any longer at present. 



The Brent Goose likes best to breed on islands also inhabited 

 by the Common Eider. 



From the middle of July till the beginning of August I did not 

 observe any Brent near Cape Boheman: they had lost their pri- 

 maries at that time and could not fly. On Aug. 6 I here saw the 

 first birds, again capable of flying and from that date they became 

 more numerous. I often saw large flocks flying N.E. and it appeared 

 on our visit to Ekman Bay from Aug. 24 — 26 that these flocks and 

 many others, consisting of hundreds of geese came together here 

 every night in order to feed in the shallow sea near Sefström 

 Glacier and Chert Island. Far more than a thousand geese were 

 found here every night. Le Roi records (1911, p. 220) that the 

 Brent Geese migrate S. in the end of August; probably they first 

 unite in large flocks and Ekman Bay is one of their meeting places. 

 Here I shot a young specimen recognizable by the lack of the white 

 neck-patch. 



In Billen and Dickson Bay I saw several, much smaller flocks 

 during the last days of August. 



- In Green Harbour no Brent Geese were found in the beginning 

 of September. At a great distance the Brent Goose is easily dist- 

 inguishable from the Pink-footed Goose by its black and white. 

 Its „rott, rott" (Dutch: rotgans) can be heard from afar. 



Clangula hyemalis (L.), the Long-tailed Duck. 



Harelda glacialis (L.), Trevoe Battye (1897), p. 586. 

 Harelda glacialis (L.), Kolthoff (1903), p. 57. 

 Clangula liyemalis (Linn.), Schalow (1904), p. 162. 



