110 Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society. 



Land. Eain-Geese (Colymhus septentrionalis), he tells us, 

 were seen and shot on the cliffs 700 feet above sea-level, 

 presumably at Cape Flora, but no nests were seen. 



It is somewhat strange that such a conspicuous, well- 

 known, and characteristic circumpolar species should have 

 escaped the notice of the other visitors to the same place 

 and to other parts of the archipelago. Dr Koettlitz, how- 

 ever, informs us that three adults and a young bird were 

 seen and shot at Bell and Mabel Islands, on the 11th of 

 August 1895. These were the only Eed- throated Divers seen 

 by the Jackson-Harmsworth Expedition in Franz Josef Land. 



22. *FULMARUS GLACIALIS (Linn.). 



Procellaria glacialis, Payer, op. cit., ii. p. 91; Neale, Proc. Zool. Soc, 

 1888, p. 653; Nansen, op. cit., ii. pp, 244, 295, 349, 414, 437. 



The Fulmar Petrel seems to be widely distributed, and 

 probably breeds locally over a wide area in the region. 



Dr Nansen observed it on the 16th of June 1895 when 

 approaching Franz Josef Land, over the ice, from the north- 

 east, and again early in August at the Isles of Hvidtenland, 

 and later still on Frederick Jackson Island in September. 

 On the 3rd of June 1896, he found it breeding at Cape 

 Fisher (p. 437). 



Dr Neale only alludes to the "Molly" as a migratory 

 bird, which remained at Cape Flora so late as the 28th of 

 October 1881, and returned in the following spring on the 

 24th of April; and tells us nothing further concerning 

 it. 



[Mr Wilton saw the last Molly on the 6th of October 1896. 

 The first seen in 1897 was on the 7th of April. On 

 May 5th we found these birds breeding at the east end of 

 Mabel Island in abundance, on the basaltic crags. They 

 were then making a peculiar Duck-like sound, quacking in 

 quick succession. Mollies were also seen at Cape Forbes 

 by Dr Koettlitz and myself, and probably breed there. — 

 W. S. B.] 



The subjoined tabulation affords, in a condensed form, a 



