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robust form, in having a white patch above and behind the eye, and 

 much wider pectoral band 5 it will also be found that only the outer and 

 middle toes are united by a web. 



30. Strepsilas interpres, (L.) 111. 



"Telligvak," Greenlanders. 



Common about Disko Bay, Greenland, and northward to 73 N. lat. 

 at least. Breeds on the Green, Hunde, and Whale Islands in Disko 

 Bay. They nest among the Sterna arctica, and it is impossible to dis- 

 tinguish between the eggs of the two species. Not observed in Cum- 

 berland Sound, nor on the east coast of the Penny Peninsula; still, the 

 bird was instantly recognized by the Cumberland Eskimo, when they 

 saw it on the Greenland coast, and they had the same name for it as the 

 Greenlanders. 



31. Recurvirostris americana, Gm. 



I enter this bird on my list on Eskimo authority, poor authority, it 

 is true, but I have in my possession a drawing, made by a wild Eskimo, 

 that is so unmistakably this bird that I do not hesitate to accept it, 

 especially when he gave me a perfect description, and that without any 

 -attempt on my part to draw him out. He says he saw them for the first 

 time in the summer of 1877, while reindeer hunting, south of Lake 

 Kennedy. 



32. Lobipes hyperboreus, (L.) Cuv. 



"Shatgak," Cumberland Eskimo. 



Arrives in Cumberland in June. Large flocks were repeatedly seen 

 going to and coming from their breeding-grounds in Kingwah Fjord. Not 

 nearly so common in Cumberland as the following species. The remarks 

 on the habits of P. fulicarius as observed by me will apply to this spe- 

 cies only in part. I have seen them as far south and farther north, and 

 nearly as far from land, as the following species, but only a few indi- 

 viduals. They seem to prefer the shore more, are often noticed running 

 about on the ice-cakes, and when they see anything in the water they 

 want jump in after it. Breed plentifully on the islands in Disko Bay 

 and around Upernavik j on these islands they nest among Sterna macrura, 

 on the rocks; in Cumberland, around fresh- water ponds, on grassy 

 banks. They are apparently less gregarious than P. fulicarius, and 

 prefer the smaller bays to the more open and boisterous waters. I have 

 often seen a whole flock alight on the drift-ice and feed by jumping into 

 the water after the food when seen; but fulicarius would have lit in the 

 water in the first place. Eggs were procured on the Green Islands in 

 Disko Bay. 



