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[Ibis, 
direction of the Rev. F. R. C. Jourdain. Here a collection 
of about 80 skins was made and some 300 eggs were 
collected, while two new breeding species were recorded for 
the first time from the island. On 23 June the Expedition 
sailed for Spitsbergen, and the shores of Ice Fjord, as well 
as the west and north coast east to Liefe Bay, were explored 
and further collections made. Mr. J. S. Huxley was in 
charge of a party encamped on Prince Charles Foreland 
from 30 June to 11 July, when they rejoined the sloop, 
which served as base for the rest of the trip. The results 
have proved most interesting from an ornithological point 
of view, and also as regards marine zoology, botany, and 
geology. Altogether about 300 skins have been brought 
home, including a large proportion of young in down of 
many species and specimens of all three breeding Geese in 
their flightless condition. The egg collection consists of 
about 500 specimens, including no fewer than 22 eggs of 
the Barnacle-Goose (Brant a leucopsis). The only authentic 
eggs of this species taken under natural conditions were the 
12 obtained by Professor Koenig's two expeditions in 1907 
and 1908. Much valuable information as to the breeding- 
ranges of the birds of'the group was also obtained, and in 
some cases the courtship habits and life-history have been 
closely studied. The last paper published in 4 The Ibis 9 on 
the ornithology of Spitsbergen was in 1897, and only 
29 species were then recorded from all sources. At the 
present time 38 species are known to have occurred on Bear 
Island alone, while at least 53 must be included in the list 
from Spitsbergen proper. 
News of Capt. Lynes. 
Capt. Lynes’s last letter is addressed to Dr. Percy Lowe 
and is dated 3 June, from Talingei, Lat. 12^ N. ? Long. 25 J E. 
January to April was spent in the Jebel Marra at 4000- 
9500 feet, where the peaks and plateau and “downs" were 
thoroughly explored, and many temperate plants such as 
bracken, heaths, etc., etc., were obtained. During the rainy 
season fresh quarters were found on the Wadi Ariba, an 
