346 Mr. H. Seebohm on the 



From this group of islands great quantities of mammoth 

 ivory have been sent. The bones are found along with those 

 of extinct species of rhinoceros, musk-ox, deer, hare, and 

 seal. 



The following is a list of the birds obtained or observed 

 by Dr. Bunge : — 



SURNIA NYCTEA. 



Once only (on the 5th of September) was a bird of prey 

 seen on the island, and doubtfully recorded as most probably 

 a Rough-legged Buzzard ; but Snowy Owls were occasionally 

 observed. 



Embeuiza nivalis. 



Only four Passerine birds (two of them only solitary stray 

 visitors) were observed on the island, though as many as 

 five-and-twenty species are recorded from the valley of the 

 Lena on the mainland. 



The Snow Buntings had arrived on the island before our 

 travellers reached it. On the 7th of June they were in full 

 song ; on the 20th they were evidently building, and on the 

 11th of July they had young. They were last seen on the 

 22ud of September. 



Emberiza lapponica. 



Buntings (which have been since identified as Lapland 

 Buntings) are first recorded on the 10th of June, and had 

 become common on the 14th ; on the 20th they were evi- 

 dently building, and on the 28th a nest with five fresh eggs 

 was taken. Other nests with much incubated eggs were 

 taken on the 7th and 8th of July; and on the 11th a nest 

 with newly hatched young was found. They were seen 

 every day until the 3rd of September, when the last bird of 

 this species left for the south, about three weeks before the 

 Snow Buntings. 



-- MOTACILLA ALBA. 



A solitary White Wagtail was seen on the 22nd of June. 



— Saxicola cenanthe. 



The Wheatear is only once mentioned ; on the 25th of 

 Julv it was observed at the west end of the island. 



