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tioned, many Falcons but no Ptarmigan. Later on in that month a number 
of sea-birds, however, arrived, and from the middle of January, 1914, — 
the Ptarmigan became numerous. In the autumn of 1923, too, there 
were a lot of Falcons but no Ptarmigan, so that the connection between 
the appearance of the two species is not quite clear. 
From the 8 Falcon skins which Petersen has sent home it appears 
that the Falcons in East Greenland are the same as those in West Green- 
land; there are representatives of the light and dark form of the race 
candicans and one skin of the grey ıslandus. 
SHORT-EARED OWL (Asio flammeus flammeus Pont.). 
Mosehornusle. 
This roving bird has also been shot once at Angmagsalik, May 29th, 
1908. It was shot by the houses, where it came flying, pursued by a 
swarm of small birds. In the stomach was a piece of skin and some 
hair of a newly-born seal. The skin of the bird was sent home. 
The race has been met with a few times on the west coast, and as a 
breeding bird is common over a large part of Europe, Asia and the most 
northerly part of America. It roams over wide areas and is fairly common 
on Iceland, although not yet proved to have bred there. 
SNOWY OWL (Nyctea nyctea L.). 
Sneugle. Е. Gr.: Kialik = He of the face. 
It is not known with certainty whether the Snowy Owl breeds in 
the Angmagsalik district or not; there is no definite evidence, but the 
bird is by no means rare, although it is mostly in the winter and spring © 
months that it is met with. Petersen has often seen it himself and, in 
the course of time, received no less than 23 shot specimens. Of the 38 
times he has seen or received the Snowy Owl, 33 were in the period 
September-April, 4 times in May, once in June. It is met with by the 
Colony itself, in the mountains, and also on ice hummocks out on the 
water. As a rule it is met with singly, but sometimes several may be 
seen together. Petersen writes on February 2nd, 1924, that he received 
a young Snowy Owl, shot at Sarfak, where two others were seen, of 
which one was quite white. At Sarfak there is a large current opening, 
as indeed the name implies, and there are usually many birds there 
during the winter, especially Black Guillemots. 
In the northerly part of the west coast and on the north coast 
the Snowy Owl is a common breeding bird. It is also met with in all 
parts of the east coast. On the Denmark Expedition, which by the way 
found no nest of the species, it was seen as far north as lat. 82°50’ N. 
