164 Rev. F. C. B. Jourdain on the [Ibis, 



17. Anser "brachyrhynchus Baill. Pink-footed Goose. 

 Passage migrant only on Bear Island. " Grey " Geese 



reported on passage bj Lerner, 28 May, 1899, and single 

 birds by Swenander in July 1899; Le Rai, 20 June, 1907; 

 and on 15 June, 1921, by two members of the Oxford 

 Expedition. Fresh droppings also noted. In Spitsbergen 

 it is a widely-distributed summer resident, and breeds in 

 many places on the west and north-west coasts as well as 

 in Ice Fjord, and has been met with in Barents Land, Edge 

 Land, and King Charles Land. The nesting-sites vary con- 

 siderably ; many birds breed on ledges or grassy slopes on 

 the face of cliffs by the sea ; others on great expanses of 

 shingle in open valleys, or on slightly raised terraces in 

 almost flat swampy valleys several miles inland. Clutches 

 found varied from 2 to 4 in number, but Le Roi records 5, 7, 

 and in one case 9, but evidently by two females. IMoulted 

 primaries were picked up on 7 July in Liefde Bay,, and 

 specimens shot on 17 July were incapable of flight. 



18. Brauta bernicla bernicla (L.). Brent Goose. 

 Although it probably occurs annually at Bear Island on 



passage, there seems to be no definite record of this species 

 beyond KolthotF's statement that he met remains (? droppings) 

 north of Elend-Berg (Mount Misery) ; but on the evening of 

 14 June, 1921, three birds flew inland from the sea at Walrus 

 Harbour. In Spitsbergen though many of the large colonies 

 on islands have been so systematically raided by egg and 

 down collectors, that the birds have been driven away almost 

 entirely, it is still present in some numbers, and breeds 

 chiefly on islands and rocky points, but also at times inland by 

 banks of streams. It appears to be more widely distributed 

 round the coast than A. hracliyrhynclms, and breeds not only 

 on the west side and in Ice Fjord, but also along the north 

 coast and its outlying islands and at several places on the 

 east side. The highest number of eggs found by us in a clutch 

 was 5, but Koenig met with 6 on one occasion^ and 7 and 

 even 8 (?) have been recorded. Young in down were first 

 met wdth on 14 July by us, but Koenig reports recently 



