16G Rev. F. C. R. Jonnlain on the [Ibis, 



20. Anas crecca crecca L. Teal. 



(Jasnal visitor to Bear Island; three shot on 5 August, 1907. 

 In Spitsbergen, Dr. Bunge saw on 16 May, 1900, Ducks in 

 Horn Sound which he ascribed to this species or A. quer- 

 quedula, and Schalow records one killed towards the end of 

 March 1901 in west Spitsbergen. 



21. Anas penelope L. Wigeon. 



Not previously recorded from Bear Island. On 18 June, 

 1921, a flock of: nine Ducks flew inland oast o£ Cape Bull and 

 settled on some marshy ground. They rose wild and gave 

 no chance of a shot, but we could plainly see their reddish 

 heads and light grey backs, while they had not the black 

 breast of Nyrocafer'ma. H. L. Powell had seen a Duck at 

 Walrus Harbour two days previously, which was almost 

 certainly the same species. In Spitsbergen, Le Roi records 

 a male on Anser Islands on 8 July, 1907, and on 27 June, 

 1921, four Ducks were seen by Messrs. Brown and Wilkes 

 at the same place, which must have been Wigeon. 



22. Anas acuta L. Pintail. 



Once on Bear Island : a male on 15 July, 1898 (KolthofF). 

 In Spitsbergen : a male and a female seen in Recherche 

 Bay, 13 June, 1898 ; two Ducks seen in Van Mijens Bay on 

 4 Julj^also probably this species, but not certainly identified 

 (Koltholf). 



23. Harelda glacialis (L.). Lojig-tailed Duck. 



In Bear Island, though by no nueans common, it occurs 

 on the larger lagoons and in the flat northern half of the 

 island on the numerous lochs and tarns, and evidently breeds. 

 In Spitsbergen it is sparingly distributed along the western 

 and northern coasts to Wijde Bay and Ross Island. 

 Apparently the nest has only once previously been found in 

 Spitsbergen and once in Bear Island. Two nests were dis- 

 covered by the Oxford Expedition; one with 8 eggs, neatly 

 hidden in a recess in rock on the Reindeer Peninsula 

 (Liefde Bay) on 7 July, and a second on the open tundra 

 near Cap Boheman, with 6 highly incubated eggs, on 12 July. 

 Several pairs were evidently breeding near Liefde Bay, not 



