8 THE ZOOtOGIST. 



young birds falling from the nests, and the birds killed by stones 

 loosened by the process of thawing, afford a plentiful supply 

 of food. 



Erithacus rubecula, L., Redbreast. — Male shot 5th of May. On 

 May 6th I again saw a bird of this species. [This must be regarded 

 as the most north-westerly occurrence of this species. It has 

 not, I think, been recorded for Iceland or Greenland. — W. E. C] 



Saxicola cenanihe, L., Wheatear. — At the beginning of May 

 the first Wheatears appeared. On the 4th of May the first 

 specimen was shot. Although the number of individuals was 

 large, the birds only showed themselves singly. As the tide 

 ebbed, these birds, in company with Sandpipers and Plovers, 

 collected small crabs, and other marine creatures on the shore. 

 In summer we saw a specimen off and on until we departed from 

 the island. On a comparison of specimens from Jan Mayen with 

 the series in the Imperial Museum, viz., a male of Herr Moschler's 

 from Greenland, several specimens from Austria, two of von 

 Heuglin's original specimens of his Saxicola frenata out of 

 N.E. Africa, and lastly, with five specimens obtained by Emin 

 Bey from Central Africa (Lado and Eedjaf, February, March, 

 October), complete accord showed itself, and the northern speci- 

 mens are coloured quite as intensely as those which spring from 

 the heart of Africa. 



Motacilla alba, L., White Wagtail.— On the 17th of May I 

 noticed the first Wagtails, of which two were shot. These birds 

 were only to be seen for a few days on the island. The specimens 

 obtained agree perfectly with the representations given by 

 Naumann in his ' Atlas,' tab. 86, fig. 1, male in summer plumage. 



Anthus arboreus, Bechstein, Tree Pipit. — I only saw one 

 specimen of the Tree Pipit on the first days of July ; the same 

 is now in the collection brought home. [The Tree Pipit has not 

 been recorded for Iceland or Greenland, but occurs in the far 

 north of Scandinavia. The Meadow Pipit, however, is a common 

 summer visitor to Iceland, and occasionally visits Greenland. — 

 W. E. C] 



Anthus aquaticus, Bechstein [=^4. spipoletta, L., Water 

 Pipit.] — Two specimens were observed and shot in the first days 

 of June. In plumage they agree with the young bird (Naumann's 

 plate 85, fig. 4). [Anthus aquaticus, Bechstein, is a synonym of 

 A. spipoletta (Linn.), a bird whose northern range in Europe does 



