88 Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society. 



The Austrians, under Lieut Payer, explored the eastern portion 

 of the archipelago, from Wilczek Island in 79° 51' N. lat., by- 

 Austria Sound to Cape Fligeley, on the western side of Crown 

 Prince Rudolf Land, in 82° 15' N. lat. 



A mere list of birds " found in the region between Novaya 

 Zemlya and Franz Josef Land" is given in vol. ii. pp. 90, 91; 

 and it is unsatisfactorily remarked that " mosfc of these occurred 

 also on the coasts of Franz Josef Land." 



1881. Feilden (H. W.). " Some Remarks on the Natural History 



of Franz Josef Land,'' Trans. Norfolk and Norwich Nat. 



Soc, iii. pp. 201-211. 



This paper contains an account of the birds observed during 



Mr Leigh Smith's first voyage in the " Eira " to Franz Josef 



Land, in the summer of 1880, during which he explored and 



made many discoveries on the southern coasts of the archipelago. 



1882. Neale (W. H.). " Notes on the Natural History of Franz 



Josef Land as observed in 1881-1882," Proc. Zool. Soc, 

 1882, pp. 652-656, 

 During this second voyage the "Eira" was lost at Northbrook 

 Island, and Mr Leigh Smith and his party wintered at Cape 

 Flora, to which neighbourhood the Notes chiefly relate. 

 1897. Nansen (Fridtjof). '• Farthest North." 



Volume ii. contains numerous allusions to the birds seen during 

 the sledge and boat journey from the north-east of the archipelago 

 to Cape Flora. 



In addition to the above works, there are two papers by 

 Mr (now^ Sir) Clements R. Markham in the Proc. Boy. 

 Geog. Soc, vol. iii. p. 129, v. p. 204, also describing Mr 

 Leigh Smith's two voyages, and these papers contain some 

 allusions to the birds observed. 



Finally, we have Mr Wm. S. Bruce's collection, made 

 during his sojourn at Cape Flora, while an officer of the 

 Jackson-Harmsworth Polar Expedition. The species obtained 

 or observed during this expedition are nineteen in number, 

 out of a total of twenty-two for the archipelago : their names 

 are marked with an asterisk in the following list. Five of 

 the birds procured are new to the fauna of Franz Josef Land. 



Southern Franz Josef Land lies some 200 miles to the 

 east of Spitzbergen, and 270 miles north of Novaya Zemlya. 



