100 NEWTON ON BIRDS IN GREENLAND. 



specimen from Beechey Island in the Barrow Collection. Noticed 

 several times on Parry's Second Voyage. 



15. Iiagopus rupestris. Rock-Ptarmigan. " Akeiksek," 



" Kauio." 

 The only species of the genus which inhabits Greenland, where 

 it occurs equally on the East as on the West Coast. Found by the 

 German Expedition on Sabine and Clavering Islands. In great 

 abundance on the Parry Islands, and thence southward throughout 

 Melville Peninsula, but its southern range west of Davis Strait still 

 undetermined. Ifs specific distinctness from L. mutus is questioned 

 by several authorities, but the males of L. rupestris (including 

 under that name L. reinhardti and L. islandorum) seem never to 

 acquire entirely black feathers on the lireast as do the males of L. 

 mutus — the Ptarmigan of Scotland and the European continent. 

 The females and the males in winter of the different forms can 

 hardly be distinguished. 



{2g.) Crex prate9isis. Corncrake. 



One obtained at Godthaab and sent to the Museum of 

 Copenhagen in 1851. 



{30.) Crex porzana. Spotted Rail. 



One obtained at Godthaab, 28 September, 1841 ; a second 

 taken at Nenortalik was sent to Copenhagen in 1856. 



{31.) Crex Carolina. Carolina Rail. 



One killed at the Sukkertop, 3 October, 1822. 



{32.) Fulica americana. American Coot. 



Twice obtained in Greenland, and in the same year (1854) 

 — once at Godthaab, and once in Disco Bay. The latter 

 example is in the Barrow Collection. 



(55.) Ardea cinerea. Heron. 



Said by Crantz to have been seen in South Greenland, 

 27 August, 1765. A young bird found dead near Nenortalik 

 in 1 856, and sent to Copenhagen. 



{3If.) Botaurus lentiginosus. American Bittern. 



One caught by dogs during a storm at Egedesminde in 

 1869, and identified by its remains.* 



(o5.) Hcematopus ostralegus. Oystercatcher. 



One sent from Julianehaab in 1847, another in 1871 from 

 Godthaab, and a third from Nenortalik in 1859. 



16. Strepsilas interpres. Turnstone. " Telligvak." 



Not common according to Holboll, but breeds generally along the 

 coast. Found by the German Expedition in Sabine Island and at 

 Cape Broer-Ruys. Recorded from Winter Island in June, and breeds 



Grus canadensis. Browu Crane. One obtained near Igloolik 25 June. 



