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saw a single bird of this species early on the morning of August 

 2nd near Eden Island, Van Keulen Bay, but sitting, as I was 

 rowing and rather cramped up, I was unable to twist round in 

 time to get a better view of it as it flew past some distance off. 

 Chapman doubtfully thinks this species was seen on one or two 

 other occasions, but I have no note on the subject. 



21. Red-throated Diver {Colymbus septentrionalis, Linn). — 

 An adult bird in Green Harbour on the night of July 27th. 



This completes our bird-list. The following additional species 

 are mentioned by Prof. Newton : — JEgialitis hiaticula, Phalaropus 

 fulicarius, Stercorarius pomatorhinus, S. longicaudus (at least one 

 pair of Buffon's Skua, and probably one example of the Poma- 

 torhine, were seen by us at sea to the south of Bear Island, July 

 24th, but none in Spitzbergen itself), Cygnus ? sp., and Somateria 

 spectabilis. 



The species of fish we met with in Spitzbergen were only 

 three in number : — 



1. Cod {Gadus sp. ?). — Large Cod appear to occur plentifully 

 all along the west coast. 



2. Lumpsucker (Cyclopterus, sp. ?). — I found a good many 

 examples of a small species of Lumpsucker in the stomachs of 

 Cod obtained in Spitzbergen, and in so fresh and perfect condition 

 as to afford no reason to doubt that they had been obtained by 

 the cod not far from the spot where they in turn were captured. 



3. Skate (Raia, sp. ?).— I picked up a dead Skate, which had 

 been pecked by birds, but was in a perfectly fresh state, in Bel 

 Sound. 



Salmon were not met with by us in Spitzbergen, though they 

 are said by Duner and Nordenskiold to occur there in " rather 

 considerable quantities " (vide explanatory remarks in illustration 

 of a map of Spitzbergen, translated from the ' Transactions of 

 the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences," Stockholm, 18G5, p. 20). 

 We did not met with any vessels that I am aware of in pursuit 

 of Scynnus borealis (Flem.) alluded to by Professor Newton ; but 

 I have seen plenty so engaged off the north coast of Iceland. 



Lieutenant Viebroock, of the German Imperial Navy and I, 

 with the good-natured practical assistance of the chief engineer 

 of the ' Pallas,' constructed a dredge for the purpose of collecting- 

 marine invertebrates, but it unfortunately fouled hopelessly on a 

 rocky bottom the first time it was put overboard, and was lost ; 



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