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 INSTRUCTIONS 



FOR 



THE NATURALISTS ENGAGED IN THE ARCTIC 

 EXPEDITION. 



PART II.— BIOLOGY, 



I.— ZOOLOGY. 



1. Instructions for making Observations on, and Col- 

 lecting Specimens of, the Mammalia* of Greenland. 

 By Dr. Albert Gunther, F.R.S. 



To obtain information on the present state of our knowledge 

 of the Mammalian Fauna of Greenland, the Naturalists ought 

 to acquaint themselves with, and if possible to take with them 

 copies of, the following publications : — 



1. Richardson, " Fauna Boreali- Americana." (Part containing 

 the Mammals.) 1829. 4to. 



2. Brown, R. " On the Mammalian Fauna of Greenland," in 

 the " Proceed. Zool. Soc." 1868, pp. 330-362. 



3. Brown, R. "Notes on the history and Geographical relations 

 " of the Pinnipedia frequenting the Spitzbergen and Greenland 

 " Seas," in the *' Proceed. Zool. Soc." 1868, pp. 405-440. 



4. Boyd Dawkins, W. " The British Pleistocene Mammalia." 

 Part V. Ovibosmoschatus. Lond. 1872. 



5. " Die zweite Deutsche Nordpolarfahrt in den Jahren 1869 

 *' und 1870," under Karl Koldewey. Leipzig, 1874. Containing 

 numerous observations on Mammals scattered in the body of the 

 work, chapter 13 being entirely devoted to zoology. 



The number of Greenland Mammalia is so small that most of 

 the desiderata can be specified under the heads of the several 

 species ; the following general remarks, however, may be given 

 for the guidance of the naturalists : — 



1. One of their most important tasks is to ascertain all facts 

 bearing upon the distribution or possibly gradual disappearance of 

 Mammalian life in the direction towards the Pole. 



2. For this purpose attention is to be paid not merely to such 

 animals as may be met with in a living state, but also to any 

 osseous remains or fragments which may be found on the shore ; 

 and such remains are to be brought home, if practicable. 



* Not including Cetacea. 



