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the year, but, strange to say, does not appear to 

 breed. 



The only species of tern met with here is 

 the arctic tern, which is a common summer 

 visitant. 



The ivory gull is seen off these coasts very 

 rarely in the winter, especially after a northerly 

 storm. 



The kittiwake comes in May and leaves in 

 October ; the Iceland gull is supposed to breed on 

 Vardol ; the common gull, the herring gull, the 

 greater black-backed, the lesser black-backed, 

 remain up here throughout the whole year. 



The common skua is only accidental. The 

 pomarine skua is yearly seen here in spring and 

 autumn, and without doubt breeds here. 



Eichardson's skua is common in the summer, 

 and Buffon's skua not rare. None of them, how- 

 ever, remain throughout the winter. 



Sommerfeet remarks with regard to the breed- 

 ing of the different skuas here : — The pomarine 

 skua breeds inland a little way from the sea, for 

 example, on Yaranger JSTas; Eichardson's skua 

 on islands in the sea, and on dry places on the 

 Fast land, but does not appear to go long into 

 Varanger fjord. Buffon's skua breeds on the 

 morasses and little islands in the fjord, and also 

 on the mosses by the sides of the rivers. 



