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A. L. V. Manniche. 



which seemed too narrow to give room for the two birds — much 

 less for a nest. It was only on the steep and absolutely naked 

 middle part of the mountain wall that the geese had their quarters 

 and in no place lower than some 200 meter from the base of the 

 cliff. As the wall was quite inaccessible, I had to content myself 

 by firing some rifle-balls against it in order to frighten the birds 

 and thus form an idea of the size of the colony. The birds which 

 were "at home" then numbered some 150 individuals. As far as I 

 could judge breeding had not yet commenced. 



1 feel sure, that some of the Geese resorted to the mountain 

 without intending to breed. A pair of females, which I later on 

 secured in the marsh had but undeveloped eggs in their ovaries. 



In the mountain the Geese were not very shy and paid no 

 attention to my shots; the great height at which the birds always 

 stayed evidently made them confident. 



In the marsh, however, they were very vary and almost always 

 had sentinels posted, while they were seeking food. 



The males were notably larger and more intensely coloured 

 than the females. 



On the rocky wall in the middle of the Goose-colony a couple 

 of Falcons had their nest. (Regarding this and the behaviour of the 

 Falcons to the Barnacles see: Gyrfalcon.) 



As the place was lying so far out of my way and as the time 

 for the return of the expedition was rapidly approaching I unfortu- 

 nately got no other opportunity to observe the Barnacle-colony. 



For the zoological museum in Copenhagen were collected the 

 skins of 3 old birds, upon which the following measurements have 

 been taken: 



Total length of the fresh 

 bird 710 mm. 



Ptarmigan. Lagopus mutas Mont. 



Ptarmigans were observed almost everywhere in the tracts ex- 

 plored by the expedition, but nowhere in great numbers. 



They occurred most frequently -- also within the breeding- 

 season — on islands, even on the smallest, and as well on those 



