and the North-east Coast of Iceland. 3 
egg's in it, but most of the young birds were able to fly. 
Hundreds of Arctic Terns w r ere breeding all over the island 
and I found both nests and eggs. Eider-Ducks were very 
abundant and tame. A great many of them had taken their 
families down to the sea, but some were still sitting, and one 
of the first inhabitants I spoke to was collecting down. The 
natives are on such good terms with the birds that they can 
stroke them on their nests. 
Text-fig. 1. 
Bird’s-eye view of Grimsey, shewing typical hummocky ground. 
Every little tarn is inhabited by at least one pair of 
Red-necked Phalaropes and often by three or four pairs. 
The White Wagtail was breeding there, as I saw both 
adults and young birds. Dunlins and Ringed Plovers in 
pairs also frequented these small lochs. Unfortunately 
during the iirst day of my visit there was very thick fog, 
which prevented my seeing twenty yards ahead of me, but my 
sense of smell always told me when I was approaching the 
cliffs. Practically the whole of the coast-line is the resort 
