The terrestrial mammals and birds of Xorth-East Greenland. 



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Sex Age Date 



Locality 



Wing 



Bill Tarsus 



? 

 ? 



ad. 



9 



2/.i 07 



^^/8 06 



^/.; 07 



v.; 08 



? 130 



Storm кар 128 



Harefjeldet 1265 



Stormkap 1365 



— 133 



June 22«h 1908. 



Snenæs 



(slightly incubated). 



June 19th 1908. 

 The ship's-harbour 

 (slightly incubated). 



June 29'h 1907. 



Thermometerfjeldet 



(fresh laid). 



15 

 15 

 14 

 15 

 14 



26 

 27 

 26 

 26 

 27 



Egg^- Length 

 mm. 



1 35 



2 35 



3 36 



4 36 



1 35 



2 35 



3 34 



4 35-5 



1 36 



2 36 



3 36-5 



4 37 



In spirit. 

 In spirit. 



Breadth 

 mm. 



26 



26 



26 



25-5 



26 



26 



26 



26-5 



25 



26 



25-5 



26 



Turnstone. Strepsilas interpres L. 



Nesting very commonly almost everywhere. 



The Turnstone occurred most commonly on the stretches be- 

 tween Stormelven and Hvalrosodden. In the immediate surroun- 

 dings of Stormkap I counted some 40 nesting couples in the sum- 

 mers of 1907 and 1908. 



The Turnstone would often nest on the larger table-lands 5 to 

 6 km. from the shore. 



June 8'h and 9"^ 1908 I met with several couples on the moor 

 lying N. of Trekroner — indeed very far from the sea. At this 

 time the breeding had not yet begun, and the birds stayed at the 

 ponds of melting snow. 



Strange to say this bird did not nest in the surroundings of 

 Danmarks Havn, though excellent localities apparently were at 

 hand. A great many Turnstones settled just after their arrival on 

 the moor North of the ship's-harbour, but they gradually left this 

 place as the pairing took place. Now and then I observed a Turn- 

 stone on smaller islands and skerries, but never nesting. 



