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Payer’s list of bii-ds obtained in Barents Sea amounts to 
seventeen species, and lie remarks most of these occurred also on 
the coast of Franz Josef Land. 
Lest ns, two species 
Lams glancns 
Lams ebiirneus 
Rissa tridacti/la 
Sterna mucruru 
Procellariu glaciah's 
Rhodostethia rosea*^ 
Uria arra 
Uria 7nandfi 
Una gnjlle 
Mergnlns alle 
Monnon urctlcus 
Sonia teria m o1 1 isshn a 
Stn’x nivea 
Tringa canutus 
Plectroptianes nivah's 
Tlio specimen of Boss’ Gull, as 1 learnt from Payer, was killed 
in the summer of 1873, as the ship was drifting with the ice in 
Laients Sea. 1 should imagine that if the breeding-haunts of tliis 
species are ever discovercd, it will be found that Franz-Josef Land 
is one of them ; and this ought to be in itself sufticient incitement 
to induce an ornithologist to undertake any risk. 
From Dr. IS'eale’s observations I am able to gather that the 
following species of birds do actually visit Franz-Josef Land in 
summer : — 
Lestns, one species (head herewith), 
Larus glaucus, * 
Rissa tridactgla, 
Alca arra, in great numbers ; 
Uria gnjlle, found breeding ; 
Mergulus alle, 
A Goose, noted only by its dung ; 
Plectroi n iva I is, 
* This verifies Sir James Ross’ statement of over fifty yeara ago 
whicli was scouted by Malmgren, wlien some years ago Professor Newton 
remarked how unlikely James Ross was to have l>een mistaken. 
