162 Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain on the [Ibis, 



6. Plectrophenax nivalis nivalis (L.). Snow-Bunting. 

 Summer resident^ very generally distributed and in some 



districts common. In Bear Island it is not numerous except 

 in the boulder-strewn tracts. At the settlement of Longyear 

 City, in Advent Bay, it is as common and familiar as the 

 Sparrow at home, nesting in the houses. A favourite site is 

 under a boulder or among piled up rocks, but nests may also 

 be found in crevices of cliffs overhanoino- the sea. The 

 clutch varies from 4 to 7 in number. Young on wing, 

 18 July. 



7. Anthus sp. ? Pipit. 



A small Pipit came on board the ' Severine ' oflP Bear 

 Island in 1868, but was not secured. This was probably 

 some form of Rock-Pipit (? A. spinoletta Uttoralis). Heuglin 

 also saw a Pipit (?) on the cliffs of Stor Fjord. On 15 June, 

 1921, Dr. T. G. Longstaff met with a Pipit on the east side 

 of Bear Island, and had a shot at it, but failed to obtain it. 

 [H. L. Powell reported a bird with a Lark-like song seen 

 high in the air at Walrus Harbour, Bear Island, on 14 June.] 



8. (Enanthe cenanthe lencorhoa (Gniel.). Greenland 

 Wheatear. 



Four occurrences. One from Moffen Island in summer 

 of 1891 recorded by Collett, and three obtained by Koenig^s 

 Expedition in 1908 at Van Keulcn Bay (two, 14 June) and 

 Horn Sound (25 June), which are ascribed to this race. 



9. Turdus musicus L. Redwing, 



Once recorded from Bear Island : rcnuiins of one picked 

 up 13-14 July, 1907, on the north coast by Koenig's party. 

 Two occurrences in Spitsbergen : one at Horn Sound found 

 on 8 October, 1899 (Bianchi) and others said to have been 

 seen. A dead bird was picked up by J. D. Brown on I'd July, 

 1921, near Cape Wijk, in Dickson Laud. 



10. Turdus merula L. Blackbird. 



Remains of a female picked up 13-14 July, 1907, on the 

 north coast of Bear Island (Kocuig). 



