124 A. L. V. Manniche. 



July 11th 1906. Lat. 61°46'n. long. 5° 26' w. Some Fulmars can 

 always be seen, some of them flying around the ship and some 

 lying in the wake. Never larger flocks and alwaj's pale birds. 



July 13'h 1906. We passed to day Store Dimon and Lille Di- 

 mon and saw a lot of Fulmars; they were all pronounced pale. 



July 231-d 1906. Atlantic. Lat. 65° 26' n. long. 12° 12' w. Every 

 day some solitary flying Fulmars by the ship. Exclusively pale 

 birds. 



July 24th 1906. Lat. 66° n. long. ll°56'w. Among some pale 

 Fulmars I observed to day one dark; it seemed to be a little smal- 

 ler and to have its wings a little shorter than the pale birds ob- 

 served before. 



July 25'h 1906. Lat. 67° 1' n. long. ll°10'w. Near the ship was 

 lying a flock of some 30 Fulmars; but two of them were dark. 



July 27th 1906. Off Jan Mayen. Many Fulmars. Most of them 

 pale. 



July 28th 1906. Lat. 71°28'n. long. 5° 8' w. To day a greater 

 number of Fulmars than any day before. The pale form is still 

 by far the most common. 



July 30th 1906. Lat. 74° 30' n. long. 3° 15' w. The pack-ice. 

 Many Fulmars close to the ship and in the bilge-water. It seems 

 as if the dark form is now the predominating. 



July 31th 1906. The pack-ice. About lat. 75° n. Observed to 

 day some 50 Fulmars; some 75 ^/0 of them were typical dark; a 

 few birds formed a transition to the pale, the others were pale. 



August pt 1906. The pack-ice. We continue to feed the Ful- 

 mars from the ship. Almost all of them are dark. 



August 31-t» 1906. Lat. 75° 56' n. The pack-ice. The Fulmars 

 appear now almost always solitary. Exclusively dark birds. 



August 4th 1906. Lat. 76^ 10' n. The pack-ice. Still exclusively 

 dark Fulmars. 



August 8th 1906. The pack-ice. Single Fulmars. Dark birds. 



August 9th 1906. One dark Fulmar. 



August 11th 1906. Lat. 75° 50' n. long. 16° 10' лv. The pack-ice. 

 3 Fulmars seen; 2 of them dark and one pale. (A very small 

 bird.) 



August 12th 1906. The pack-ice. This morning one little pale 

 Fulmar near the ship; perhaps the bird seen yesterday. To day we 

 have proceeded rather near to Koldewey Islands. 



August 14th 1906. Lat. 77° n. The pack-ice. One solitary dark 

 Fulmar. 



August 15th 1906. Lat. 77° 19' n. The pack-ice. Enormous packs 

 of ice in North. One pale and very small Fulmar, that seems to 



