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The Kittiwake is the bh"d most commonly met with on a 

 voyage to Greenland ; it follows the ship from Skagerak to Green- 

 land. On the East-coast it cannot be said to be very frequent, 

 and I don't think that it goes so far into the fjords here, as on 

 the West- coast, or even so far as Larus glaucus does. 



Larus ebiirneus Phipps. -Ve. ^"/e. 



Strange to say the Ivory Gull was seen very rarely during 

 our voyage in the ice. Only at the stated dates and on Jan 

 Mayen; on all three occasions in very small numbers. 



Sterna raacrura Naum. ^-^k-^-^k. 'Vi-''^/i. ^'^h. ^^h. ^^i-^Vi. 



2«/7. "/7. 



The Arctic Tern was seen in Jan Mayen where it probably 

 breeds. Also in Sabine July lO*'^ & 12*^. 



At Кар Borlase Warren I saw the greatest number of Terns 

 1 ever saw at one time on the East-coast of Greenland. They 

 were about thirty birds together in a flock, resting on a little 

 piece of ice. 



Lestris parasitica auct. ^Ve-^^/e. ^/7. ^''/7. ^^/s. 



In Jan Mayen i\ichardson's Skua was rather common and 

 presumably it bred there. 



Outside the East -coast of Greenland I saw it twice and 

 also at the mouth of Scoresby Sund where it chased the 

 Kittiwakes. 



Lestris longicauda (Vieill.). ^^/e-^^/e. ^0/7-^^7. ^Чв. 



Buffon's Skua was found breeding in Jan Mayen. On the 

 twenty seventh of June there was one egg in the nest, which 

 was placed in a bog almost in the middle of the narrow part 

 of the island. 



It also bred in Sabine , but I did not find the nest, 

 although the behaviour of the bird showed plainly enough that 

 it was close by. It tries by every conceivable devise to lead 



