118 CRTJISE OF STEAMER CORWIN IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN. 



The bird also occurs along both shores of Bering Sea in the greatest numbers wherever cliffs afford 

 proper nesting sites. At Cape Serdze Kamen, northwest of Bering Strait, we found it in large 

 nninhors Just off shore, and again at East Capo, on the rocky faces of the cliffs, as well as upon 

 the islands in the middle of the Straits. It was rather scarce, however, among the islands in 

 Kotzebue Sound. On July 30, 1881, as we drew near Herald Island on the Corwin this bird 

 became more and more abundant, circling about us or alighting in small parties and singly among 

 loose blocks of ice, sometimes standing upon the ice or sitting upright near its edge. Flocks 

 came swinging about us in circles, apparently filled with curiosity at the strange a]>i>aritiou 

 breaking in upon their (luiet. As we drew still nearer myriads of Ouillemots and these birds, 

 with large numbers of the Kittiwake Gull, came swarming down from the cliffs until the air was 

 filled with their moving forms, and occasionally the awkward shape of a Cormorant was seen as it 

 passed back and forth and then returned again to its home among the ledges. 



On two occasions one of the Murres was seen perched upon the edge of an icecake a few 

 yards in diameter and staring at us intently until the bow of the vessel struck the opposite sides 

 of its support, when the bird would plum]) into the water with ridiculous haste. 



As we climbed the steep faces of the island many of them dropped oft" their perches here and 

 there and circled back and forth above our heads, uttering at the time a peculiar low growling 

 note. The Guillemots had a tiue piping note, wiiich they also uttered during our as(;ent of the 

 island. Both birds were extremely unsuspicious, and allowed us to pass within a few yards 

 without .showing any signs of fear. 



LOMVIA ARRA BRUNNICHI (Sch.) Ridgw. 



(192.) Bruj^nich's Guillemot. 



There is no record of this bird from Bering Sea, but it breeds on Spitzbergeu and Nova 

 Zemlya and islands of that legion north to 80° at least. Nordenskiold found half-grown young on 

 the Preobrao Islands, August 24, during his voyage. It was also seen by him east of Cape 

 Cbeljuskin. 



This bird, like the Black Guillemot, is rei)orted by him as wintering in the Arctic wherever 

 ■ open places occur during that season. 



The naturalist of the Jeannette observetl it the first of May, 1880, as it was flying to the 

 westward by their vessel, and it was seen again at various times during the drift of that vessel, 

 and was breeding upon Bennett Island in greatest altnndance. It is upon this last record that 

 the bird is included within the present list, since wc have no record of its occuri'cnce nearer 

 Bering Strait. 



LIST OF FISHES KNOWN TO OCCUR IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN NORTll OF BERING 



STRAIT. 



[Prepared for Capt. C. L. Hooper, United States Kcvcnue jMiirinc, hy Tari.etox H. Bkan,] 



The following list, based exclusively upon the collections of the United States National 

 ."Museum, is incomplete; but the material upon which it is founded is in the iMuseum and 

 constitutes a voucher for the names employed. Many other fishes certainly exist in this portion 

 of the Arctic, but, as this does not profess to include all recorded species, it is unnecessary to 

 compile additional names: 



1. Gasterosteus pungitius L. «ubsp. BRACHYPODA Bean. 



Elephant roint, Escholtz Bay, September 2, 1880. Dal I & Bean. 

 Near ley Cape, Arctic Ocean, August 25, 1880. T. H. Bean. 



2. Pleuronectes stellatus Pallas. 



Anderson River, fide Prof. S. F. Baird. 



Hotham Inlet, Kotzebue Sound, 1880. Capt. C. L. Hooper. 



