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The following is a systematic list of the species of birds met with 
along the shores of the Polar Basin :— 
1. NyCTEA SCANDTACA. 
Several pairs seen ; found breeding. Feeds on Lemmings. 
2. PLECTROPHANES NIVALIS. 
Generally dispersed ; breeding. 
3. LAGOPUS RUPESTRIS. 
Undoubtedly breeding, but nest not found. About ten brace were 
killed by various members of the ship’s company; I killed one in 
82° 46’. 
4, STREPSILAS INTEPRES. 
A few pairs observed, undoubtedly breeding; but though we 
searched long and carefully, we did not find the nest. 
5. CALIDRIS ARENARIA. 
A few pairs noticed. Obtained breeding in 82° 33’ N. lat. 
6. PHALAROPUS FULICARIUS. 
T noticed this bird twice—a 2 killed near the ship in lat. 82° 27’, 
and a pair, evidently breeding, on a small lake in lat. 82° 30’. 
7. TRINGA CANUTUS. 
The commonest of the Waders, remains in flocks the whole sum- 
mer. Very wild, but breeding. Unable to find nest; but we captured 
the young in down. 
* 8. STERNA MACRURA. 
‘Not uncommon ; we noticed 6 or 8 pairs scattered along the coast- 
lines we visited. Found breeding. 
9. Larus GLaucus. 
Observed on several occasions, but only as a straggler. 
10. SrERCORARIUS LONGICAUDATUS. 
Scattered along the coast; every two or three miles a pair were 
to be found breeding. They live on Lemmings. 
11. PRocELLARIA GLACIALIS. 
A single example picked up dead in lat. 82° 30’. 
12. UriA GRYLLE. 
Two examples observed, one in the autumn of 1875, the other in 
June 1876 ; evidently stragglers. 
13. Cotymsus (species uncertain). 
Seen 2nd September, 1875. 
14, HARELDA GLACIALIS. 
A few pairs, undoubtedly breeding. Nest not discovered. 
