LIST OF ANIMALS OF SPITZBEKGEN. 157 



food, Scovesby says that it falls upon the smaller species of 

 birds and cats them. 



Xema Sabini — Forked-tailed Gull or Sabiue's Gull. 

 " Several individuals were seen by liieutcnant Foster in 

 "\\'aygatz Strait." — J. C. Ross, in Pam/s Narrative, p. 195. 



Kutge-gehef. Page 65. 

 RissA TRiPACTYLA — the Kittiwake Gull. 



On Parry's expedition this gull was observed feeding on the 

 Merlangus polaris and Alpheus polaris,as far as the expedition 

 went to the northward ; it was very abundant in the autumn 

 along the shores of Spitzbergen, on Ross Islet, and on Low 

 Island. (J. C. Ross, 1. c, p. 195.) It feeds eagerly on the 

 blubber of the Mdiale, but generally seizes its morsel on the 

 wing (Scoresby, i, 534). 



Rathsher. Page 62. 

 Pagophila ebubnea — Ivory Gull or Snow Bird. 



First described scientifically in Phipps (p. 187). It was 

 found as far north as Parry's expedition travelled, and very 

 abundantly in the neighbourhood of Hecla Cove (J. C. Ross 

 in Parry, p. 194). Although '^ so delicate in its appearance, 

 it is almost as ravenous as the Fulmar, and as little nice in 

 its food. It is, however, more cautious. It is a constant 

 attendant on the flensing operations of the fishers, where it 

 generally seizes its portion on the Mang. It rarely alights 

 in the water, but often sits on the ice, preferring the most 

 elevated situations. Its voice is a loud and disagreeable 

 scream." — Scoresby, i, 535. 



KiRMEW. Page 73, 

 Sterna macroura or arctica — the Arctic Tern. 



On Parry's expedition, this species was found breeding in 

 gi'eat numbers on a small islet in the centre of a lagoon near 

 the south end of the Low Island of Phipps (J. C. Ross, 1. c., 

 p. 194). 



