THE ZOOLOGIST. 



THIRD SERIES. 



Vol. XIV.] JANUAKY, 1890. [No. J 57. 



THE BIRDS OF JAN MAYEN ISLAND.* 



Communicated, with Annotations, by W. Eagle Clarke, F.L.S. 

 Corresponding Member of the Ornithological Society of Vienna, &c. 



[The following is a translation of a paper, communicated to 

 the Ornithological Society of Vienna, giving the result of the 

 observations made by Dr. Fischer during the sojourn of the Austro- 

 Hungarian Expedition in Jan Mayen, as an integral part of the 

 great scheme of International Circumpolar Stations. 



Of the Ornithology of this remote island but very little seems 

 to have been known prior to the visit of this expedition, and 

 this, together with the fact that it occupies a sort of central 

 position among the lands of the European Polar Eegion, make it 

 at once a country of considerable importance and interest to the 

 naturalist. 



Situated between 70° 49' and 71° 8' of N. latitude, and 7° 26' 

 and 8° 44' W. longitude, Jan Mayen is 600 miles due north of 

 the Faroe Isles, 800 miles due west of the North Cape of Scandi- 

 navia, 350 miles east of Greenland, and 400 miles north-east of 

 Iceland, and nearly midway between that island and Spitzbergen. 



Kegarding its physical features, it is much to be regretted 

 that so little information appears to be available to us, though 

 doubtless this expedition was the means of furnishing much that 



* * Yogel von Jan Mayen.' Gesammelt von Dr. F. Fischer, Arzt der 

 osterreichischen Expedition auf Jan Mayen. Bearbeitet von Dr. F. Fischer 

 und August von Pelzeln. Mit einer Tafel. (Mittheilungen des Ornithologischen 

 Vereines in Wein, Jahrg. 10, nr. 17 und 18 (July 15th and August 1st, 1886). 



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