4 COLLETT AND NANSEN. ACCOUNT OF THE BIRDS, [norw. pol. EXP. 



During this part of the journey, 8 specimens of Ehodostethia rosea 

 were shot and prepared, all of them young birds of that year. They were 

 presented to the University Museum in Christiania. 



All this way, no land was seen, not even an island ; and of open water, 

 only larger or smaller channels round the ship, especially numerous in the 

 warmest time of the year (from the end of May until beyond the middle of 

 August). 



The third section (III) gives observations made during Nansen and 

 Johansen's sledge-journey, first in the North Polar Sea itself in the spring of 

 1895, then along Franz Josef Land until the homeward journey (from Cape 

 Flora) in August, 1896. 



During the journey in the Polar Sea, the first bird seen (a Fulmarus 

 glacialis] was observed on May 29th, when the travellers had begun to 

 approach the north side of Franz Josef Land. That part of the journey 

 in which the highest latitude, 86o 13-6', was reached, was undertaken so 

 early in the year, that no birds were yet visible. 



In the summer of 1895, the newly-discovered group of islands, Hvidten- 

 land (to the north-east of Franz Josef Land), was passed. 



Several bird-islands were seen, from the Coburg Islands southwards. 

 The last birds (young specimens of Larus glaucus) observed that year were 

 seen after settling in the winter hut on Frederick Jackson Island at the end 

 of September. After the winter, little auks (Alle alle) began to appear as 

 early as February 25th (1896). 



The last observations were made during the stay with Mr. Jackson at 

 Gape Flora, and on the homeward journey along the edge of the ice in the 

 Barents Sea, August 9th, 1896. 



The fourth section (IV) gives the observations made on the 'Fram' after 

 Nansen and Johansen had left in March, 1895, until the return of the ship 

 in August, 1896. 



During this part of the expedition, birds were observed in the highest 

 northeriy latitudes in which birds on the whole have been known to exist. 



During the first year, 1895, birds were seen in the period betwen May 

 14th and September 14th. All this time, the ship was north of 84o (between 



