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•4-26. Harelda glacialis (Linn.). Long-tailed Duck. 



Common in Matthew's Straits, but I did not see them else- 

 where. 



-4 27. Somateria MOLLissiMA (Linn.). Eider-Duck. 



Tolerably common all along the coast, but I did not see any 

 large flocks of them. 



4-28. Somateria spectabilis (Linn.). King-Duck. 



In Matthew^s Straits on the 6th of August I saw several of 

 these birds in small flocks, all apparently immature males. I 

 shot two specimens : their wings were entirely destitute of 

 quill-feathers, so that they could not fly ; but they dived in a 

 wonderful way, and were very difficult to get. They wTre appa- 

 rently full-grown; but were dark brown on the head and back 

 and blackish in places. The protuberance on the bill was of a 

 rich orange, shading off on the bill itself to a pinkish flesh- 

 colour; the irides dark. 



This ends my list. We had intended on our way back to 

 visit Kostin Schar, which is said to be a favourite resort of all 

 kinds of birds ; but it was the 5th of September before we left 

 Schirochika Bay, and we thought it better to take advantage of 

 a strong north-easterly breeze and steer for Norway, as the days 

 were getting short and the nights dark, and there was no know- 

 ing how soon the ice might begin to form in the bays, though 

 at that time they were perfectly open. I have no doubt a com- 

 petent naturalist might find much to interest him in this deso- 

 late and little-visited region. 



[*^* As Dr. Von Baer's paper, already mentioned, contains 

 the only information hitherto known to us respecting the birds 

 of Nova Zembla, it may be as well to remark that he mentions 

 the appearance there of twenty-four species, six of which did not 

 occur to our contributor. They are an "Adler'' (Eagle), about 

 which there may be, it is said, some mistake, Strepsilas coUaris, 

 Larus canus, Lestris catarrhactes, Colymhus septentrionalis, and 

 Cygnus musicus. Of the rest, tioo, a " Falken " (Falco) and a 

 Procellaria, were undetermined by Dr. von Baer, but are doubt- 

 less referable to species comprised in Mr. Gillett's list, as are 

 four more, though assigned by the former to nearly allied 



