APPENDIX B. 
ZOOLOGY. 
Preliminary Report 
BY 
Dr. Axel Ohlin. 
In the following brief notes I desire to enumerate the mammals 
and birds observed by the members of the expedition, and to give a 
brief account of the results of the work with the dredge and surface 
net. When the fishes and invertebrate animals collected by these 
methods are worked up, I hope to be able to contribute with a num- 
ber of species to the knowledge of the fauna of Baffin Bay and Smith 
Sound— localities hitherto so little known. 
As the main events of the expedition have already been fully de- 
scribed in the preceding pages of this report, I do not deem it neces- 
sary to make further reference to the objects or itinerary of our 
summer cruise in the Arctic. An intelligent understanding of our 
movements may be gained by consulting the accompanying maps 
(pages 13, 18), on which the route of our party is given. 
Although no new species of mammals or birds were observed, it 
will be of interest, in connection with the subject of geographical dis- 
tribution, to mention those observed in Davis Strait and Baffin Bay. 
MAMMALS. 
1. VuLPES LAGOPUS.— Only one specimen of the Arctic fox 
was shot ; this was secured at Academy Bay. From all we could 
learn, however, these foxes seem to be fairly numerous where the 
conditions are favorable for their existence, along the whole coast 
from Cape York to Humboldt Glacier. 
2. Ursus maritimus. — On our northward trip three specimens 
were obtained on July 19th, just beyond Sanderson’s Hope, when 
we were approaching the pack-ice of Melville Bay. All were males. 
