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end of August also I observed some others at the entrance to Bow- 
doin Bay. 
5. Lagopus rupestris is very coinmon everywhere in Danish 
Greenland. Farther north I did not see any, but was informed by 
the natives that the ptarmigan frequents the coast of Inglefield Gulf. 
6. Sterna arctica.— -Some specimens were observed in Murchi- 
son Sound and other parts of Inglefield *Gulf. I do not think the 
Arctic tern is found breeding in great numbers in this region, as we 
saw but few of this species. 
7. Pagophila eburnea. — ^The ivory-gull I met with first during 
the journey, July 21st, in the pack-ice off Melville Bay, The only 
specimen obtained on our expedition was shot in Murchison Sound, 
July 26th. I did not see any others in Inglefield Gulf and I think it 
is rather rare here. During our stop off Clarence Head I saw three 
or four ; but nowhere else on the coast of Ellesmere Land, 
If one must consider the ivory-gull as very scarce in Baffin Bay, I 
suppose 
8. Rissa tridactyla is the most common gull here as every- 
where in the Arctic and north Atlantic seas. On our passages through 
Davis Strait and Baffin Bay, the ship was nearly always accompanied 
by the kittiwake, although I am rather inclined to believe, according 
to observations made by former expeditions, that it decreases in num- 
ber the farther north one proceeds in Smith Sound, 
9. Larus glaucus. — ^This big gull occurred nearly everywhere 
in Baffin Bay and Smith Sound. On Southeast Cary Island we 
found the glaucous gull breeding, but only a few pairs. It did not 
appear to be so numerous here as in Nova Zembla, Spitzbergen and 
other parts of the Arctic Ocean, 
10. Lestris parasiticus. —The skua was to be seen on both sides 
of Baffin Bay and several times on our passages through Davis Strait, 
but never in great numbers. 
11. Procell ARIA glacialis. — -From the date of my leaving St. 
Johns, July 7th, until I came, on my return voyage, into the North 
Sea, lat. 58® 24^ N. and long. 2® 5' E., I saw the fulmar nearly every 
day whilst sailing in open water. On the contrary, when the ship 
was nipped in the pack-ice of Melville Bay or Inglefield Gulf the ful- 
mar was not to be observed at all or only represented by a few indi- 
viduals. I noted the same fact in 1891 in the east Greenland ice 
around Jaen Mayen. The “ mallemuck ” does not seem to advance 
