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A. hyperboreus.—This Snow Goose was ascertained to be a 
visitor to Prince Albert Land. No specimen, however, is included 
in the catalogue of the collection. 
A. Hutchinsw.—Myr. Anderson has entered this species in his 
“list, as well as the fact of its breeding at Cambridge Bay, where 
he procured its eggs in 1858. 
A. bernicla.—The Brent Goose is recorded as visiting Prince 
Albert Land. The eggs were found at Cambridge Bay in 1853. 
Cygnus americanus.—Noted as visiting Prince Albert Land. 
Two eggs were found at Cambridge Bay in 1853. 
/ Harelda glacialis— Three males of the Long-tailed Duck were 
shot at Winter Cove in June, 1852, in which neighbourhood the 
eggs were also taken. 
* J Somateria mollissima.— Although included in the list as 
S. mollissima, yet in his catalogue of specimens, Mr. Anderson 
adds “var.,” so that there can be little doubt that the Eider Duck 
frequenting the shores of Prince Albert Land is somateria, v. 
nigra. ‘Two males and two females were killed at Winter Cove 
in June, 1852, and two young ones were obtained at Cambridge 
Bay, August 6, 1853. 
: S. spectabilis—Two males and one female of the King 
Duck were shot at Winter Cove in June, 1852, and a female at 
Cambridge Bay in July, 1853. The eggs were also found at 
Winter Cove. 
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NATURAL HISTORY NOTES IN HOLLAND. 
By F. 8. Mircuett. 
Durine the summer of 1877 and of the present year, in 
company with my friend Altham, I spent some five weeks in 
various parts of Holland. Most of the time was passed at 
Valkenswaard, that ornithological paradise, but the avi-fauna 
of this part of Brabant has been so well investigated that little 
occurred worth chronicling, and I do not propose to give any 
detailed list of the species I met with. We arrived there, last 
year, on the 17th May, leaving on the 4th June, and travelled 
back through S’Bosch by steamer down the Maas to Gorkum 
and Dordt, finally leaving for home on the 11th June. This 
year we arrived at Dordt on the 9th June, where we remained 
until the L5th of that month. 
