LIST OF ANIMALS OF Sl'lTZliKRGEN. 151 



apparently with being on the wing, though the ship was not 

 above ten miles from the shore, that they allowed themselves 

 to be taken alive. [Arctic Regions, i, p. 5oT.) 



1 Lagopus ALDUS — the Ptarmigan. 



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On Parry's expedition several were shot on the shores of 

 Treurcnberg Bay. It was also met with on the late French 

 expedition ; it is figured in the Voyage en Scandinavie, etc., 

 as the " Lagopus alpina var. hyperborea". 



CuARADRius HiATicuLA — the Ringed Plover. 



A single specimen shot in ITccla Cove on Parry's expe- 

 dition (p. 193). 



Tkingoides hypoleucus — Common Sandpiper. 

 Scoresby mentions it as seen in considerable flocks on the 

 beach of Spitzbergen [Arctic Regions, i, 537). 



Snite. Page 57. 

 Tringa maritima — the Pui-ple Sandpiper. 



On Parry's expedition found abundantly on the shores of 

 Hecla Cove. 



Bernicla Brenta — the Brent goose. 



On Parry's expedition this species was seen in large flocks 

 about AValden and Little Table Islands ; a nest with two 

 eggs was brought on board from Ross Islet, in latitude 

 80^ 48' N., on the 16th of June. It was not seen to the 

 northward of that place. [Aj)j)., p. 196.) 



Mountain Duck. Page 72. 

 SoMATERiA MOLLissiMA — Eidcr-Duck. 



Scoresby says that the variety found at Spitzbergen is not 

 so large as generally described, and that in size it very little 

 exceeds the domesticated duck [Arctic Regions, i, 527). On 

 Parry's expedition this species was only occasionally met 

 \\'\\\\ alon^r the coast and on the islands to the northward. 



