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ice so much as many of the other birds; we found it all along 

 the coast, both on the eastern and western sides. 



^13. Stercorarius POMATORHiNUs (Temm.). Pomatorhine 

 Skua. 



4-14. Stercorarius PARASITICUS (Linn.). Richardson's Skua. 



-4- 15. Stercorarius longicaudus. Vieillot. Buffon's Skua. 



The first of these three species was by no means so common 

 as the two latter, but it was still tolerably abundant. The 

 other two were very numerous, both on the west coast and in 

 the Kara Sea. I saw them in all stages of plumage, from the 

 dai'k-brown of the younger birds to the fine delicate colouring 

 of the adults. Every flock of Kittiwakes was attended by 

 numbers of these birds, swooping at them like Hawks, and 

 obliging them to disgorge their prize. The fish on which 

 these Gulls were feeding were those called by the Norwegian 

 fishermen Lodde, and are the favourite food of the Cod. I am 

 not acquainted wMth their English or scientific name"^. 



4-16. Procellaria glacialis, Linn. Fulmar. 



This bird is a constant attendant on ships in the Arctic seas. 

 Its flight is exactly like that of a Woodcock, as it skims over the 

 waves with its large bright eye constantly peering into the 

 water for the chance of blubber. It is easily caught with 

 a baited hook, and when placed on deck is quite unable to 

 rise or even to stand upright, but shuflfles along by the help 

 of its wings. It will readily eat blubber, however, directly it is 

 caught, and when thrown overboard will come again at the 

 hook without the least hesitation. It never, so far as I know, 

 settles on flat ice ; on one occasion only did I see one on the 

 sloping side of an iceberg ; usually it is on the wing or sitting on 

 the Water. 



—17. Cepphus MANDTi (Licht.) ? Dovekic, 



A Black Guillemot is very common everywhere, and is most 

 likely of the northern form; but not then knowing of the supposed 

 existence of more than one, I did not examine any specimens. 



* [According to Prof. Nilsson (Skan. Faun. iv. p. 441), the " Lodde " 

 is Osmerm arcticus (Fabr.). — Ed.] 



