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attempt to rear them by hand proved a failure, but the roasting which 
marked the close of said failure provided an opportunity for testing the 
flavor of their flesh, which was pronounced delicious. 
Glaucionetta islandica. BARROW’s GOLDEN-EYE.—A male of this species 
was shot near Ivigtut on March 23, 1887, and on April 4 a male and 
female were seen, but it must be rare here, for neither the Danes nor the 
Eskimos had seen the birds before. 
Clangula hyemalis. OLp-squaw.—This species is probably a resident, 
as it is numerous near Arsuk during the winter. It seldom goes so far up 
the fjord as Ivigtut, though examples were shot in that neighborhood 
on March 1, and April 15, 1887. 
Histrionicus histrionicus. HARLEQUIN Duck.—This is asummer resi- 
dent, and probably breeds in the vicinity of Arsuk Fjord. Mr. Hagerup 
has taken examples in November and March. 
Somateria.mollisima borealis. GREENLAND EIDER.—This is a resi- 
dent and very abundant. Near Ivigtut it occurs during the winter months 
only, retiring in the breeding season to the small islands near the mouth 
of the fjord andalong the open sea. As the autumn approaches, single 
birds are seen approaching the fjord; following these are small flocks of 
twenty or more, and the size of the flocks gradually grows larger until by 
the middle of December they number several hundreds, and the throng 
increases as the open water is extended up the fjord by the winter thaws. 
Mr. Hagerup reports that the birds which go up the fjord during the early 
part of the winter are females only. He had a good opportunity to 
examine the flocks, but did not find any males among them until March 
11, and then only a few could be discovered, and it was not until the 
latter part of April that the males appeared in large numbers. 
The flocks leave the inland waters for their breeding ground usually 
about the first week in May, though even into June small flocks remain. 
These loiterers are mostly females. In 1886 the last flock observed near 
Ivigtut left there on May 28, buta flock of over fifty, of which very few 
were males, was seen on June 14,1887. At that time the ‘big ice’ sur- 
rounded some of their principal breeding grounds, which may account for 
the birds lingering so late in the fjord. Sets of eggs were taken on June 
24 and 29, 1886, and on July 3, 1887. 
Somateria spectabilis. KrnG Erbrr. —A winter resident and quite 
numerous. Mr. Hagerup thinks that possibly the ice on the fjord pre- 
vented this species from being observed during the early part of the win- 
ter, but it was not until February 1, 1887, that any were seen, and then 
only one—a male—that was shot near Arsuk. The first to appear off 
Ivigtut were two males that were captured on February 4, but on the 
12th several were seen, males as well as females, and then their numbers 
rapidly increased foratime. Between the middle of February and the mid- 
dle of March there were more of the present species than of the common 
Eider in the fjord, but from the latter date spectadzl7s decreased in numbers, 
while Joreal/s increased, until by April 7 there were not more than one 
spectabilis to twenty borealis, and a week later the proportions were about 
