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cow with 2 small calves M and 2 heifers (?) without horns; the 

 horns always appearing during the first year, the two latter 

 must also have been born in the same spring; as there have 

 been in all 4 calves in the herd. In Strindberg Peninsula 

 in Geologfjord, Nathorst met with a herd of 19 with 3 calves. 

 As far as known the calves are born in the beginning of May; 

 in Shannon Island the Germans saw 6 animals with 2 calves 

 on May \9^^, and 11 animals with 3 calves on May 2P* and they 

 put the age of the calves to almost a fortnight. There is no 

 reason to believe that the cows should go far away before 

 bearing, as Nathorst means. 



The numerous single bulls that are found, are either old 

 animals that have been chased away from a party, or young 

 bulls, having not yet been able to gain a place by fighting in 

 the herd ; one is apt to believe that these young animals that 

 have been educated in a herd, at a certain time of their devel- 

 opment are chased away by the other bulls of the herd. 

 Then a period of fighting and strife begins for them. They 

 try steadily to gain admission to the herd. Numerous fights 

 of that sort have been observed. Often such young bulls 

 unite by two. But the old bulls have scarcely any hope of 

 regaining any sway of a flock; their time is over, and now 

 they walk about very maUcious, till death overtakes them. 



Orca gladiator Bonn. Killer. 

 At Angraagsalik the Killer has sometimes been seen and 

 caught, according to what the Greenlanders reported to Poulsen. 



Monodon monoceros L. Narwhal. 



At Angmagsalik the Narwhal arrives in swarms from 

 June to August and is then caught rather commonly, says 

 Poulsen. 



') It is a question whether Ryder has seen rightly here, for no instance 

 is known of a cow having born two calves at a time. 



