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common, though less so at the heads of the fjords, and was sometimes 

 seen in myriads. ' It was found nesting in many places amidst old 

 heaps of stones, and was an important provider of food on our summer 

 boating excursions. 



Mention must be made of one more bird, namely, .the fulmar, or 

 ' mollymoke ' (Fulmarus glacialis), the bird of the fog and drifting ice. 

 It was found everywhere, and sometimes was seen very early in the 

 spring. At Cape Vera it appeared in numbers, in circumstances which 

 would lead one to suppose almost with certainty that it was nesting 

 there. 



Both the sea and the fresh water were poor in fish. A certain 

 number of sea-scorpions (Coitus) were taken, and a species of Liparis 

 was also very common. I must also mention that the young of the 

 wolf-fish (Cydopterus) were once or twice caught. Although there 

 were numerous freshwater lakes, we only once caught a salmon, and 

 then it was not more than an inch in length. To which of the many 

 varieties or species it belonged has not been determined. It was found 

 in a river on the north coast of North Devon, exactly opposite 

 Djaeveloen. 



Considerably more prolific was the insect life. On the patches 

 of herbage, notably those with a south aspect, on still sunshiny days in 

 the months of June, July, and August, there was rich insect life, both 

 as regards species and individuals. The best collections were made in 

 Jones Sound, and at winter quarters in Rice Strait. Fewer were found 

 in the fjords off Jones Sound, and this was chiefly the case in Gaasef jord, 

 where the keen, cold, north winds kept back the insects very much. 

 However, there was a great difference between the two summers we 

 spent there. The summer of 1901 was exceedingly unfavourable, and 

 the insects quite failed, whereas the following year they were so 

 numerous that it reminded one of Hayes Sound. 



Four species of butterflies and some moths were found. A few 

 wasps were also collected, and it is to be supposed that an entomological 

 specialist would have found many more. Of humble-bees two species 

 were found, of which one was of quite respectable size. A little 

 Podura (spring-tail) was exceedingly common under the stones and 

 among close vegetation. Most conspicuous, however, were the Dip- 

 tera (flies), of which many species were found. A large bluebottle 

 was the first insect to show itself in the spring. One or two of them 

 were generally to be seen flying about by the Chip's side, and on the 

 refuse-heap, in the latter half of May, although the temperature at that 

 time was considerably under freezing-point. Mosquitoes were common, 

 though they did not appear in such myriads as, for instance, on the 

 coasts of Greenland. Large craneflies were frequently seen. 



