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cies they were; buf judging from our recollection, they had flesh- 
coloured legs and light-grey shoulders; we have not, there¬ 
fore, much doubt that they were the Grey-lag Goose (Anser ferus, 
Steph.). The identification of this bird is a point to which, we 
trust, future voyagers will pay attention; it is probably the only 
species observed by us which is not included in J. C. Ross's list, 
before mentioned. 
Richardson's Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus , Gray) we saw 
tormenting, as is the manner everywhere of this feathered pirate, 
almost every flock of Kittiwakes, Gulls, or Terns; but we found 
neither nests nor eggs of it. We observed one individual of 
the uniform bluish-black variety. 
Puffins were by no means abundant; but all we saw, we feel 
sure, were of the Northern species (Fratercula glacialis), and not 
the common one (F. arctica), which has been stated to occur in 
Spitzbergen. We are unable, too, to see any distinguishing 
points between the Black Guillemots we procured there and 
those from more southern localities, though the former have 
been described as different by Lichtenstein, under the name of 
Uria mandti. 
In the evening of the 1st of Seventh month (July) we 
weighed anchor to return southwards, but we were not clear of 
the Sound till the following night. The wind, however, com¬ 
pelled us to run to the northward; and, after being obliged again 
to return to our old position, it was not until the 5 th that we 
made a fair start from Ice Sound. Even then the alternate 
gales and calms, so characteristic of the Arctic Ocean, impeded 
our voyage. The midnight of the 7th and 8th was a beautiful 
one; the wind had died away, and we sat on the deck enjoying 
the warm glow of the sun, as it shone fully out over the sea, 
a thick white haze stretching along the coast, above which the 
rugged mountains towered majestically against the clear blue sky. 
A company of Fulmars here and there, floating so sound asleep 
on the sparkling waters as almost to be fouled by the vessel as 
she slowly drifted on, or lazily picking about for their supper, 
—a few Guillemots now and then whizzing by,—the Little Auks 
skimming hither and thither in all directions,—a solitary Puffin 
searching for his food, and an Arctic Tern gracefully poising 
