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man (and animals) away from the nest. Standing on a little 

 knoll or at least on some conspicuous place it raises its body 

 straight up and flaps the wings violently. Now its tands on one 

 leg now on two, and it looks as if it was going through some 

 kind of dancing performance. 



If the intruder in spite of all comes near the nest it will 

 swoop down upon him in the manner of a tern. 



[t is frequently seen flying about catching insects, but it 

 also catches the little Salmo alpinus in the brooks, diving 

 like a tern. 



Lestris pomatorhina (Temm.). ^i/e. 24/e_ 25/g_ 26/g_28/g, ^i-^iu 



The Pomatorhine Skua was seen now and again on our 

 way to Greenland, partly single specimens partly a few together. 

 June 24''' two were shot. When the one had been killed, the 

 other one continued to circle around it, without getting scared 

 by a missing shot, fired at it. They both had remains of fish 

 in their stomachs. 



Cepphus grylle (L.). ^ö/^. 26/g_28/g_ 7/,_ io/,_ i3/,_ i4/,_ 2бд_ 



The Black Guillemot may be considered a true coast-bird. 

 When it is seen so far off land as for instance on the seventh 

 of July (S. Jensen), I think it is because sea with pack-ice easily 

 becomes a resort for coast birds living on crustaceans like the 

 Black Guillemot. It is however very seldom that these birds 

 are seen far from land even when there is ice enough. 



Cepphus grylle was found nesting in Stewart 0, on the 

 rocks south of same and in the Dunholm. In this latter place 

 the young ones were rather big and yet downy. A considerable 

 number was breeding here. 



IJria arra (Pall.). ^Чч-Ут. ''h-'Vi. ''Vi-^'h. '^^/s. Vs. 



Briinnich's Guillemot was seen in the Atlantic, at Jan Mayen 

 and at the East -coast of Greenland. It was absolutely most 



