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one to forty. The last adult male King Eider seen in the vicinity was 
shot on April 23. This species is more frequently observed to stand on 
the edge of the ice, than is the common Greenland form. The knob on 
the bill of one shot March 26, 1887, measured 42 mm. in height, and 24 
mm. in breadth. 
Porzana porzana. SpPpoTTED CRAKE.—One specimen of this form is 
said to have been shot near Frederickshaab some years ago. 
Tringa maritima. PurpLeE SANDPIPER.—This species is common in 
winter and some breed in the near vicinity, though its principal breeding 
ground in this section is much further north. It appears on the shores of 
the fjord early in October, and is seen during the entire winter among the 
seaweed which is laid bare by the receding water. Three examples were 
observed on June 4, 1887. : 
Numenius pheopus. WuHImMBREL.—An example of this species was 
shot near Arsuk on May 25, 1887. 
Charadrius apricarius. GoLDEN PLoveR.—The Director of the colony 
at Frederickshaab reports taking a young bird of this species in August, 
1887. Several adults have been takenin southern Greenland, but no nests 
have been discovered. 
fEgialitis hiaticula. RING PLover.—This species was observed on 
August 15, 1886, near a shallow lake about 1100 feet above sea level. A 
nest and eggs were found near Godhaven on June 14, 188o. 
Lagopus rupestris reinhardti. REINHARDT’S PTARMIGAN.—A resident, 
but most numerous in winter when flocks come from the north. During 
the coldest weather it frequents the sides of the lower hills, but in sum- 
mer is found chiefly at a greater height. Mr. Hagerup reports that very 
few were found in the vicinity of Ivigtut during the winter of 1886-87. He 
frequently returned from shooting excursions without having seen one, 
though in previous seasons as many as three or four hundred had been 
taken. The birds are rarely met with down in the valley, but on 
Christmas Day, 1886, some fifty were taken close by Ivigtut. 
On June 20, 1886, at about 1000 feet from sea level, a male was taken in 
perfect winter dress, and on June 28, 1887, a pair were taken that had more 
white than color in their plumage, the upper parts about two thirds white 
and the lower parts almost entirely white (or yellowish white). On July 
10 a pair were seen that had white only on the belly, and ten days later, 
at about 1300 feet above the sea, a female and young chicks were met 
with—the parent in full summerdress. The mother was very solicitous for 
her young, and in striving to draw attention from them came so near she 
might have been struck with a walking stick. She continually gave utter- 
ance to a gutteral cry, which the young answered by pipings much simi- 
lar to those*of a domestic chick. Though quite small the chicks could 
run nearly as fast as a man, and understood perfectly how to hide in the 
grass. On the same day, at about 1200 feet, a pair were encountered that 
seemed, from their behavior, to have lost their young—the appearance of 
a fox in the neighborhood suggested the cause of their distress. The 
