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Table IX. 



List of Birds detected on the North Georgian Islands and adjoining Seas, lat. 73° to 75° N., 



on Sir Edward Parry's first Voyage. 



Strigid;e. Strix nyctea. 



Fkingillid^e. Emberiza nivalis. 



Corvid^e. Corvus corax. 



Htrundinid^;. Species ignota. 



CaprimulgidjE. Caprimulgus Americanus. 



Tetraonidte. Tetrao rupestris. 



Grallatores. Calidris arenaria, Charadrius pluvialis, Ch. semipalmata, Strepsilas collaris, 

 Tringa variabilis, Tr. cinerea, Tr. maritima, Numenius borealis ? Phalaropus fulicarius. 



Natatores. Sterna arctica, Larus glaucus, L. argentatus, L. leucopterus, L. eburneus, L. 

 tridactylus, L. Sabinii, Lestris pomarinus, L. parasitica, Procellaria glacialis, Uria 

 Brunnichii, U. grylle, U. alle, Colymbus septentrionalis. — (Anatidje.) Anas cygnus, 

 A. bernicla, A. spectabilis, A. mollissima, A. glacialis. 34 in all. 



All these birds are migratory, arriving on Melville Island in May, and departing 

 with their young broods in October. A sailor, who was walking in the month 

 of February near the ships, saw what he described as a large white bird, flying 

 near the ground. " If it were a bird/' says Captain Sabine, " it was most 

 probably a Strix nyctea ; but neither this nor any other individual was observed 

 before or afterwards, until the general arrival in May ; and as scarcely a day 

 passed afterwards in which birds of this species were not seen, it seems reason- 

 able to conclude that this solitary and somewhat uncertain instance does not 

 justify an exception to the above general remark." This table may be compared 

 with the list of Greenland birds given below*. 



* List of Greenland Birds. — (Captain Sabine.) 



Falconidje. Falco albicilla, F. islandicus, F. peregrinus, F. tinnunculus. 



STliiGiDiE. Strix nyctea, St. asio. 



Sylviad^e. Sylvia cenanthe, Parus bicolor. 



Fringillidje. Emberiza nivalis, Fringilla Lapponica, F. Linaria. 



Corvid^e. Corvus corax. 



Tetraonidje. Tetrao lagopus. 



Grallatores. Charadrius hiaticula, Ch. pluvialis, Ardea cinerea, Tringa cinerea, Tr. maritima, Tr. alpina, Tr. 

 interpres, Scolopax gallinago, Sc. Lapponica, Phalaropus hyperboreus, Ph. platyrhynchus. 



Natatores. Sterna hirundo, Larus marinus, L. glaucus, L. argentatus, L. eburneus, L. tridactylus, L. Sabinii, 

 Lestris parasiticus, Procellaria glacialis, Pr. puffinus, Alca impennis, A. torda, A. arctica, A. alle, Uria Brun- 

 nichii, U. grylle, Colymbus glacialis, C. septentrionalis, Pelecanus carbo, P. graculus, P.Bassanus. — (Anatid^e.) 

 Mergus merganser, M. serrator, Anas anser, A. bernicla, A. spectabilis, A. mollissima, A. boschas, A. clangula, 

 A. hyemalis, A. histrionica. In all 55 species. 



