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86 THE OTTAwA NATURALIST. [July 
seek to be cautious in speaking with certitude concerning the 
identity of species, in particular cases, unless the evidence was 
unmistakable. The bones of Cetaceans, bleached, mutilated and 
worn, are often to be seen along the shores. 
Two Whales, evidently the Right Whale or Bow-head 
(Balena mysticetus ), were seen on the Greenland side of Baffin 
Bay; the Killer ( Orca gladiator ) was reported seen after leaving 
Port Burwell in August, and the Narwhal (Monodon monoceros ), 
whilst we were sailing along the coast of Greenland. A White 
Whale or Beluga ( Delphinapterus leucas ) was seen sporting itself 
leisurely near the shore in a harbour on the Labrador coast, and 
several White Whales wereseen at Fullerton. Certain cetaceans, 
apparently the Grampus (Grampus griseus) and the Common 
Porpoise (Phocena communis), were seen whilst. we were sailing 
along the Labrador coast. 
Bird life is an attractive feature in the Arctic zone. Some, 
such as ravens, eiders and sea-pigeons, remain in the far north 
throughout the winter (that is, some of them do); and when the 
sun gains in the ascendency, the return from the south, for breed- 
ing purposes of insessorials, birds of prey, numerous shore birds, 
swimmers and divers, is indeed athing of import. Some unerring 
instinct leads ‘those immigrants to leave the more genial and 
wooded temperate parts, to betake themselves to the barrens of 
the north, where, undisturbed, they may make their nests, and 
rear their young among the rocks and ponds. Among the earliest 
arrivals are the insessorials, notably the Snow-birds, and these 
are soon followed by gulls, terns and shore birds. Whilst re- 
moving their skins I found the birds were generally well protected 
from the cold by fat, and that the swimmers and divers, in addi- 
tion, were very oily for resistance against water. 
Tit-larks (Anthus pensilvanicus ) were seen at Port Burwell. 
Lapland Longspurs ( Calcarius lapponicus ) were frequently noticed 
hopping about among the snow-birds at Fullerton. 
Snow-birds ( Plectrophenax nivalis ) were observed among the 
rocks at Fullerton, when we arrived there towards the end of 
September, 1903. 
(To be continued.) 
