654 MR. W. H. NEALE ON THE NArURAL [NoV. 14, 



Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla). 



Boatswain (Pomatorhine Skua) {Lestris sp. iac). 



Arctic Tern {Sterna hirundo). 



Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima). 



Brent Goose (Bernida brenta). 



Rain-Goose ( Colymbus septentrionalis). 



Snow-Bunting {Plectrophanes nivalis). 



Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiacd). 



Sanderling {Calidris arenaria). 



Snipe (Gallinaffo sp. inc.). 



Redpole (Linota sp. inc.). 



These two species I cannot be certain about; no specimen was 



obtained ; but some of the old whaling hands called certain birds 



on the land by these names. 

 Falcon (Falco candicans). 



We were very fortunate in getting a good number of Bears {Ursus 

 maritimus). During the winter months we saw, as a rule, two a week, 

 except in December, when we only saw one or two, and did not 

 manage to shoot any. Bears were constantly prowling about the 

 edge of the ground-ice, and if they got scent of the house, would 

 walk right up to the porch if they did not see any one. 



From September to June we shot 34 Bears : the greater number 

 of them were males ; and some were very large ; one measured 1 1 feet 

 from the root of the tail to the nose. Female Bears were never 

 obtained during the dark days. On examining the contents of the 

 stomach, we often found nothing but grass ; in the spring, however, 

 they generally had been feeding on seals, and more than once we 

 obtained a good bucketful of oil for cooking-purposes out of a Bear's 

 stomach. Once a Bear had eaten a large piece of canvas which had 

 been blown some distance from the house ; he then came up and 

 commenced to eat our blubber, but was soon shot. 



On February 20th a Bear was seen about 400 feet up the hill at 

 the back of our hut ; some hands went up with a rifle, but could not 

 get a shot, as the Bear retired into its hole, and refused to come out. 

 For some days the Bear remained up the hill, and was seen at times 

 out of its hole. March 1st was the last time it was noticed; and a 

 day or two after the footmarks of an old Bear and a cub were seen 

 on the lowland some 300 yards to the eastward of the hut, but could 

 not be traced up the hill towards the hole. 



We never saw a cub during 1882 ; but in August 1881 we caught 

 a cub about as large as an ordinary retriever, and had it in a cask 

 when the ship was lost. 



The following is a copy of our 



Game List. 



(6 Bears. 

 16 Walrus. 

 1660 Looms. 

 r 5 Bears. 

 October ., \ 5 Walrus. 



