ZOOLOGY. 
CXClll 
BIRDS. 
On the return of the Expedition of 1818, an account of the various species 
of birds which had been seen during that voyage, was presented to the 
Linnean Society by Captain Sabine, and has been published in the 12th 
volume of their Transactions, being entitled, “ A Memoir on the Birds of 
Greenland.” 
Many of ' the^ species seen in the present voyage having been already 
noticed therein, it has been considered preferable to refer to the Memoir in, 
such cases, rather than to repeat the accounts which it contained ; the 
reference being considered to imply the confirmation of subsequent expe- 
rience ; the new matter which this voyage has furnished, is given in the 
present account. The species which were not seen in the first voyage 
are described here on the same plan as on the former occasion, and the same 
authors are referred to. 
Since the publication of the Memoir, Mr. Temminck has printed a second 
edition of his excellent work, the Manuel d'Ornithologie de I’Europe, much 
improved and extended. This edition has been consulted on the present 
occasion, and references to it are added in all cases. 
1. Strix Nvctea. Snowy Owl. 
Gmel. i. 291. Lath. Ind. i. 57, Syn. i. 132. Arct. Zool. no. 121. Wil. Am. Orn. iv. 53. Fabr. no. 36. 
Faun. Suec. 76. Temm. 82, 
Several pairs of this species were seen during the summer months on the 
islands in the Polar Sea; but being very wary, and the country affording 
little shelter to the sportsman, only a single individual was killed. 
It may be remarked, generally, of all the birds which frequent these islands 
in the breeding season, that they arrive in May, and depart Avith their young 
