82 Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society. 



5. Bal^noptera. 



I found the bones of this genus on the raised beaches 

 at Cape Flora, Cape Gertrude, and elsewhere. They are 

 described by Mr Simpson on page 86. 



6. Beluga leucas. 



On two occasions I was fortunate enough to see schools of 

 White Whales quite close. The first time was when the 

 '' Windward " was landing stores at Cape Flora, lying outside 

 the land floe, at the end of July 1896. A school of about 

 thirty of these whales came from the direction of Bell Island, 

 and passed to the southwards. The second occasion was at 

 the beginning of June 1897, at the edge of the land floe, IJ 

 mile to the S.W. of Elmwood. I was attending to some 

 lines I had been setting daily, and was tow-netting, when a 

 school of about thirty of these animals passed me, going in 

 the same direction as in 1896. I also found the bones of 

 this species at Cape Mary Harmsworth. 



7. MONODON MONOCEROS. 



Narwhals were seen on three or four occasions by the 

 whalers who visited Franz Josef Land for the first time in 

 1897. Once they were seen off Eira Harbour, and again 

 they were seen in Gray Bay. Neither Payer nor Leigh 

 Smith record them, and they are thus an addition to the 

 mammalian fauna of Franz Josef Land. 



8. Phoca fcetida. 



I saw the Einged Seal, or Floe-Eat, frequently in the 

 neighbourhood of Cape Flora, and at other places along 

 the coast. Two at least of these were shot. 



9. Phoca Grcenlandica. 



A Saddle-back Seal was shot by Dr Koettlitz during one 

 of his sledge journeys, previous to my arrival. It was lying 

 by its winter hole in the ice. 



