1922.] Birds of Spltsherjen and Bear Island. 1G3 



11. Hirundo rustica L. Swiillow. 



One seen in Coal Bay in summer 1874 by three members 

 of the Campbell Expedition (Ibis, 1875, p. 272). Bianchi 

 also records a Swallow as seen in Horn iSound, 29 May, 1900. 



12. Apus apus (L.). Swift. 



Collett records one in Tromstj Museum, obtained in Au^-ust 

 1891 off the coast of Spitsbergen. 



13. Upupa epops epops L. Hoopoe. 



One obtained in August 18(J8, in hit. 7G° 5' N., on a ship 

 oft" south Spitsbergen, and now in Christiania Museum 

 (Collett). 



14. Nyctea nyctea (L.). Snowy Owl. 



Probably a resident in small numbers. Le Koi mentions 

 some 15 occurrences, chiefly in July and August, but also in 

 March, October, and November. Apparently dependent on 

 the Ptarmigan for food during the winter, and in consequence 

 local. Not identified with certainty by the Oxford Expedition 

 in 1921, but we had good evidence of its occurrence in 1920 

 both in Ebba V^alley (Klaas Billen Bay) and Green Harbour. 



15. Falco rusticolus (subsp. ?). Falcon. 



Apparently only observed on a few occasions and no 

 specimens obtained. One seen Wijde Bay, 4 June, 1863^ 

 and again at Treurenberg Bay a few days later (Malmgren). 

 Also recorded from Ice Fjord in 1870 ; Van Keulen Bay, 

 July 1881 ; Cap Thordsen, 12 Septeurber, 1882 ; Recherche 

 Bay, 22 September, 1882 ; and probably on 2'2 September, 

 1899, in Horn Sound. There can be no doubt about the 

 Cap Thordsen record, as the bird stooped at the Pigeons at 

 the Swedish Meteorological Station. Not recorded from 

 Bear Island. 



16. Cygnus (sp.?). Swan. 



No specimens extant and no recent records. A Swan 

 (sp. ?) was shot in Stor Fjord several years prior to 1861 : 

 others were reported as seen by sealers in Ice Fjord, and 

 by Captain Kuylcnstjerna in August 1861 in Advent Bay. 



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