NATURAL HISTORY OF PRINCE ALBERT LAND. 4) 
Aves, 1831. By keeping this in view there will be little difficulty 
in identifying the species designated. The memoranda at my 
disposal are a list of species, and a very careful catalogue of the 
specimens preserved and brought to England; in every instance 
the sex, with locality and date of capture are duly recorded by 
Mr. Anderson. 
Falco peregrinus.—A male and female obtained at Winter 
Cove, June Ist, 1852. 
Buteo lagopus.—Ascertained to visit Prince Albert Land. This 
is the most northern locality from which, so far as I am aware, 
Archibuteo sancti-johannis has been recorded, and is an addition 
to the avifauna of the islands north of the American continent. 
Circus sp. ? Doubtless C. hudsonius.—N oted in a similar manner 
as the preceding; this is likewise the most northern range 
recorded of the species. 
Strix nyctea.—It would have been somewhat extraordinary if 
the Snowy Owl, so generally distributed throughout the Arctic 
Regions, had not been recorded from Prince Albert Land. Dall 
and Bannister consider it rather a rare species in the valley of the 
Lower Yukon. 
Hirundo bicolor.—A female of this species was obtained 
at Cambridge Bay, May 20th, 1853. Dall and Bannister 
mention that it is less common in Alaska than any of the other 
species, though occurring from Fort Yukon to the sea. 
Alauda alpestris—Two Shore Larks were obtained at Winter 
Cove, June 8rd, 1852. Iam not aware of this species having been 
previously met with in the Parry Archipelago. 
Linaria minor and Linaria canescens.—Two species of Linnet 
are recorded under the above names; a female bird procured at 
Winter Cove, April 27th, 1852, is noted as L. canescens. In all 
probability his LZ. minor is A%giothus linaria, which is found in 
vast numbers as a permanent resident in the fur-countries. 
LL. canescens was probably a Mealy Redpoll, and may have been 
Aligiothus exilipes, Coues. In the absence of the specimens to 
refer to, it is of course impossible to decide, but the recognition 
of two species by Mr. Anderson shows that he was a careful 
observer. 
Emberiza nivalis—A female Snow Bunting was obtained 
May 10th, and two males, June 5th, 1852, at Winter Cove, where 
the species was found breeding. 
