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afterwards appeared to be by the winter hut on Franz Josef Land, and 

 during the journey along that shore. 



? Stercora'^i^ls crepidattts, (Banks) 1773. 



One of the smaller species of Stercorarius was seen a few times in 

 July, 1894, but not sufficiently near the ship to allow of any certain deter- 

 mination of the species. 



On July 14th, a bird was seen, that Peder Hendriksen could say without 

 doubt was a skua. Sverdrup saw two flying above him that night, when he 

 went out to hunt a ringed seal (Phoca foetida). From their description, 

 Nansen thought they must have belonged to this species, and not to St. 

 longicaudus. 



Fulmarus gladdHs, (Lin.) 1766. 



Like Pagophila and Rissa, this species was frequently observed while 

 the ship was drifting with the ice the first year. It could not, however, on 

 the whole, be said to be numerous, and when seen, was generally solitary. 



The first specimen that could be determined with certainty, appeared on 

 June 22nd, 1884, the second on the 26th. On the 29th, yet another was seen, 

 and was shot by Scott-Hansen (81 34' N. Lat., 122 E. Long.). 



In July and the beginning of August, they were observed more fre- 

 quently round the ship, until the channels froze up towards the end of 

 August, 1894. 



Cepphus mandti, (Licht.) 1822. 



On June 4th, 1894, at 1'30 A. M., Mogstad saw in the distance, "a 

 black sea-bird, with white marks on its wings", flying past the ship in a 

 direction true N. by E. (81 29' N. Lat., 122 E. Long.), which probably be- 

 longed to this species. 



In the course of the summer, solitary black guillemots were repeatedly 

 seen flying about over the open channels near the ship. On July 13th, two 

 were seen together; they flew several times round the 'Fram', and disap- 

 peared in the SE. Subsequently they were occasionally seen in the channels. 

 The last was seen here on August 12th. 



