168 Rev. F. C. R. Jonrdain 05? the [Ibis, 



were shot on the Edinlnirgli Isles (29 June) and Dickson 

 Land (26 Juno), and others seen. Dr. G. J. van Oordt 

 showed ns a nest with 5 eggs on the tundra behind Cap 

 Boheman on 12 July, and the same afternoon I flushed a 

 female from another nest with 5 eggs on the open tundra. 

 From notes kindly supplied by Dr. van Oordt it is evident 

 that this Eider breeds in scattered pairs over a vast expanse 

 of open tundra, though apparently occasionally also among 

 the crowded Common Eiders on an Eider holm. 



27. Fulmariis glacialis glacialis (L.). Fulmar Petrel. 

 Breeds in vast numbers on the upper part of the sea cliffs 



round the southern part of Bear Island. Some scores of 

 binls were sitting on their nests on the flat top of Gull 

 Island, South Haven, and the top of a stack near Cape Bull 

 was white with them. It was even more surprising to find 

 them l)reeding on a big cliff, out of sight of the sea, together 

 with Kittiwakes and Glaucous Gulls. On Spitsbergen it 

 was ubiquitous, patrolling the coast line with tireless flight 

 and breeding in most of the mountain cliffs. Here, too, we 

 found nesting colonies several miles inland up the valleys, 

 and subsequently tlie exploring party noticed breeding 

 stations on Mt. Terrier up to 3000 feet, and found a small 

 colony at the head of Oxford Glacier, 20 miles from the sea 

 in either direction. 



28. Podiceps griseigeua griseigena (Bodd.). Red-necked 

 Grebe. 



Dr. Finsch records one obtained in 1868 on Spitsbergen 

 by the German North Polar Expedition. 



29. Colymbus arcticus L. Black-throated Diver. 



A. H. Cocks mentions having seen a pair of Divers, which 

 he felt sure were Black-throated, near Green Harbour on 

 9 September, 1882 (Zool. 1883, p. 399 ; 1884, p. 15) ; 

 and a Norwegian, Klerk by name, assured him that he had 

 shot one some years previously. On 30 June, 1921, one 

 pitched on the Richard Lagoon, on the north-west of Priuce 

 Charles Foreland, and remained there for 20 minutes before 



