THE BIRDS OF GREENLAND. 243 



list, and several have not before been known to occur in Green- 

 land. The first and largest portion of the pamphlet record the 

 author's own personal observations on the local avifauna, when 

 stationed from April, 1886, to October, 1888, at the mining settle- 

 ment of Ivigtut, on the south side of Arsuk fjord, in lat. 61° 15', and 

 about ten miles distant from the sea. The second portion of his 

 work is a " Catalogue of the Birds of Greenland," based on the 

 works of Holboll, Bernhardt, Prof. Newton, Ludwig Kumlien, and 

 others; use has also been made of the late Alfred Benzon's 

 collection of bird-skins and eggs. This catalogue comprises all 

 the birds discovered up to date in that part of Western Greenland 

 which is settled by Danes, the country lying south of 73° N. lat. 



Of the ten most recent additions to the Greenland list, eight 

 must be considered as mere chance visitors, and these may be 

 dismissed without any further reference ; they are interesting 

 alone as showing the wanderings of birds : these are the Yellow- 

 bellied Flycatcher and Canadian Warbler from North America,* 

 the European Sky Lark, Steller's Duck, Velvet Scoter, European 

 Coot, Siberian Gull, and Storm Petrel. The remaining two are 

 residents during some part of the year and breeding ; these are 

 the Curlew Sandpiper,! stated to be "not uncommon in North 

 Greenland. Breeds at Christianshaab, 69°." Considering the 

 very great interest to ornithologists connected with the breeding- 

 haunts and the yet unknown eggs of this species, the informa- 

 tion conveyed in these few words must be considered vague and 

 unsatisfactory. The other annual visitor — " a summer resident, 

 breeding in both North and South Greenland" — is the Common 

 Tern, Sterna fluviatilis, an abundant species both in North 

 America and Europe. 



The personal observations of Mr. Hagerup when resident at 

 Ivigtut, from their originality and freshness, are of great interest 

 to ornithologists. The Grey Sea Eagle appears very common 

 in the district, particularly in the winter; on one occasion 

 Mr. Hagerup saw fourteen on the fjord. Both the white and grey 



* To these may perhaps be added a single example of Totanus 

 solitarius, from a skin obtained by Mr. Benzon from Kangek (64° N. lat.), 

 taken August 1, 1878. 



| The Tringa ferruginea, Briinnich, or T. subarquata (Giild.), Bona- 

 parte's Sandpiper, the T. fuscicollis, Vieillot, is said to be " not uncommon 

 in the most southerly part of Greenland, where it probably breeds." 



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