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18. The Eed-eyed Fly-catcher. Viriosylva olivacea, 

 B.P. (Am.) 



19. The Starling. Only one specimen, a female, has 

 ever been sent from Greenland. 



20. The Bed- winged Starling. Agelaius phceniceus, 

 Veill. One female has been obtained. 



21. The White- winged Crossbill. Very accidental. 



22. The Shore Lark. One single specimen, probably an 

 American bird, was shot at Godthaab in 1835. 



23. The Yellow-bellied Woodpecker, Am. Picusvarius,'L. 



24. The Gold-winged Woodpecker, Am. P. Auratus, 

 Nilss. 



25. The Domestic Cock. 



26. The Grey Plover. Occurs in very limited numbers. 



27. The Peewit. Two specimens have been accidentally 

 obtained. 



28. The American Golden Plover. Charadrius virgini- 

 cus, Bork. It is a most exact observation of the late Prince 

 Bonaparte, that the golden plover found in Greenland is the 

 American species, and not the European golden plover, for 

 which it has been mistaken by nearly all former writers. I 

 have now before me two specimens, sent by Holboll himself 

 to the Koyal Museum, under the name of Cliaradrius plu- 

 raliSy and both prove to be the Virginian plover, with grey 

 axillaries. 



29. The Oyster- catcher. Has seen three skins from 

 Greenland. 



30. The Common Heron. A specimen was found dead 

 in 1856 near Kerotalik. 



31. The Whimbrel. Occasional. 



32. NumeniusHudsonicus,'La,t'h. Four specimens appear 

 to have been obtained in Greenland. 



33. The Esquimaux Curlew. Two specimens have been 

 shot here. 



34. The Common Godwit. Very rare. 



35. The Dunlin. Probably breeds here. 



36. The Yellow- shanked Sandpiper, Am. One single 

 specimen is on record. 



