NO. 4.] THE SIBERIAN COAST. 13 



(Kjellman Islands), they were more numerous than the larger species, a fact 

 which had already been observed by Middendorff, and subsequently, in 1878, 

 during the Vega Expedition. 



The last specimens noted were seen on September 7th, in Taimur Bay, 

 off the King Oscar Peninsula (76 32' N. Lat., 98 30' E. Long.). 



?Colymbus arcticus, Lin. 1776. 



On August 6th, in several lakes on the Yalmal Peninsula, was seen 

 (and heard) a large species of Colymbus that was probably C. cvrcticus. 

 None was shot. 



A large Colymbus, probably the same species, was also seen in Yugor 

 Strait. 



Cepphus mandti, (Licht.) 1822. 



A single specimen of a black guillemot was seen at the edge of the ice 

 on September 20th, to the NW of the New Siberian Islands (77 50' N. Lat.), 

 shortly before the ship was enclosed in the ice. The bird was in its winter 

 plumage (or was a young one). 



Uria lomvia, (Pall.) 1811. 



All the way through the Kara Sea, and along the Siberian coast to 

 Cape Chelyuskin, no little auks or guillemots were seen. 



On September 12th, when the ship was outside Khatanga Bay (on the 

 Eastern Taimur Peninsula), a few specimens of Brilnnich's guillemot were 

 seen swimming about among the pieces of ice. They probably originated 

 from Preobraschenie Island, where Nordenskiold, in August, 1878, during the 

 Vega Expedition 1 , found a large colony established (together with Rissa tri- 

 dactyla and Larus glaucus). This colony is probably the first east of 

 Novaja Zemlja. 



Off the New Siberian Islands, no birds were seen. A solitary bird, 

 seen at some distance off in the sea, on September 19th, when the ship was 

 almost in 77 N. Lat., was supposed to be a guillemot. 



1 'Vegas Fflrd kring Asien och Europa', vol. I, p. 337. (Stockholm, 1880). English edi- 

 tion: 'Voyage of the Vega', vol. I, p. 352. (London, 1881). 



