CONTENTS 
CHAPTER I 
Page 
Introduction 1 
Physical features, page 1; narrative, page 3. 
CHAPTER II 
Fauna 28 
Mammals, page 28; birds, page 76; fishes, page 116; insects, page 118; 
pteropoda, page 120; fungi, page 120; References, page 122. 
CHAPTER III 
Fossils from Baffin Island 124 
Index 139 
Illustrations 
Plate I. A. Head of Pangnirtung fiord, Cumberland sound 131 
B. Pangnirtung pass, looking south from the summit 131 
II. A. Amadjuak river 132 
B. The plains, west Baffin island 132 
III. A. Looking north over the tundra at Padle, Nettilling lake 133 
B. Marshy resort for the early shore birds at cape Dorset 133 
IV. A. White-rumped sandpiper ( Pisobia fmcicollis ) on nest 134 
B. Nest of the white-rumped sandpiper 134 
V. A. Juvenile white-rumped sandpiper 135 
B. Juvenile seinipalmated plover ( Charadrius semipalmatus ) 135 
VI. A. Nest of the Greenland eider {Somateria mollissima borealis ) 136 
B. Juvenile Greenland eider 136 
VII. A. Nest of the snow bunting ( Plectrophenax nivalis ) 137 
B. Young snowy owls (Nydea nyctea ) 137 
Figure 1. Portion of southern Baffin island, showing explorations by J. D. Soper, 
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