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Eider Duck, Somateria mollissima, Fleming ; Norwegian, 

 "Eder," "Ederfugl," or "E'er."— Just after passing South Cape, 

 going northwards, a good many ducks and young were met, as if 

 making southwards ; after that a few were seen on some four 

 occasions, forming a great contrast to the state of the case in the 

 summer of 1881. The only drakes noticed were those immature 

 examples in Recherche Bay on Sept. 2'2nd. The flocks with 

 numerous drakes seen in Vaudvaag, on the north coast of Norway, 

 w r ere doubtless natives of that neighbourhood. 



Red-throated Diver, Colymbus septentrionalis, Linn. ; Nor- 

 wegian, "Lorn."* — Specimens of Colymbus were not infrequent 

 this year, being one of the few 7 birds of which more were seen this 

 voyage than last, when only one was met with. I obtained one 

 of a pair — a small adult female — in Green Harbour on Sept. 9th. 

 Capt. Steenersen, of the ' Isbjbrn,' told me he shot one (I suppose 

 this species) the previous week ; and Lieut. Stjernspetz shot one 

 at Cape Thordsen on Sept. 10th, which I saw when we were there 

 on the 12th. We saw several more Divers at Green Harbour on 

 Sept. 9th, probably of this species; one on the 13th at Sassen 

 Bay, and four or five others, probably of this species, while we 

 remained at anchor there. 



Mandt's Guillemot, Uria Mandti, Dresser ('Birds of Europe'); 

 Cephus M andti, Newton ('Ibis,' 1805) ; Norwegian, " Tejste." — 

 A solitary young one was the first of this species seen this voyage, 

 near the ice off Whale's Point, the south-west corner of Edge's 

 Land, on Sept. 5th. Next day, when standing in a S.W. direction 

 from Stor Fjord for the South Cape, four young birds were seen, 

 and later in the day one adult, the first during the voyage. None 

 seen by me in Green Harbour on Sept. 9th, but M. Rabot obtained 

 a young example. The next day, while beating up Is Fjord, we 

 saw three young ones. On the 11th, while still beating up the 

 Fjord, M. Rabot and I each secured a young specimen ; four or 

 five, all young, were seen. A few young ones seen in Sassen Bay 

 on Sept. 14th. In Recherche Bay, on Sept. 22nd, I secured 

 another young specimen, and could have shot several others ; saw 

 altogether a dozen or more young ones. One, while we were 



* This name is also used for the Black-throated species, which is 

 distinguished as the " Stor-Lom," the present species being called " Smaa- 

 Loin," while the Great Northern Diver is not looked upon as a "Loin" at 



all, but kuown as " Imber." 



