Dr. Axel Ohlin. 
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interesting, therefore, for future naturalists visiting these regions to 
determine whether the fauna is actually so much poorer at localities 
situated at 2-3 degrees farther north. For the sake of comparison it 
will be of interest to examine Nares’ list : ^ 
Pisces, 
10 species (including 3 fresh-water forms) 
Crustacea: Decapoda, 
9 “ 
(i with ?) 
Schizopoda, 
Isopoda, 
Amphipoda, 
Pycnogonida, 
1 “ 
5 “ 
12 “ 
2 (3) species 
Mollusca : Gastropoda, 
19 
“ (i with ?) 
Lamellibranchiata, 
16 
“ (2 “ ?) 
Brachiopoda, 
I 
a 
Vermes, 
23 
a 
Echinodermata : Crinoidea, 
2 
a 
Asteroidea, 
8 
( ( 
Ophiuroidea, 
8 ( 7 ) 
(( 
Echinoidea, 
I 
(( 
Holothtirioidea, 
I 
a 
Total, 1 18 (no) species 
Other classes are also enumerated in the Nares’ list, but not 
having as yet the material of the corresponding groups separated, I 
cannot give here, even provisionally, a parallel series. No doubt the 
material brought home by the Nares’ Expedition was the most com- 
plete collection of marine fauna from Baffin Bay and Smith Sound, 
or, perhaps, the only one. Since that time Greely’s Expedition is the 
only one that visited those regions before Peary ; Greely’s expedition 
and the first of the Peary expeditions did not bring home any collec- 
tions of marine faunaj as no dredgings were carried on. I have 
thought it proper to publish this preliminary report to show how rich 
is the animal life in those waters, and to draw attention to the fact 
that so little is known of the fauna, and to indicate what a fertile field 
for further zoological explorations is presented by these seas which 
have hitherto been sounded so few times. 
The material will be worked up by specialists as soon as possible, 
and I hope then to be able to publish a full account of all forms 
obtained during the expedition. 
Lund, Sweden, December 10, i 8 g^. 
* 1 . c. Vol, 2, Appendix. 
