The Birds of Angmagsalik. 259 
On this expedition Manniche saw about 60 Snowy Owls. It was found 
breeding on the east coast by Kolthoff at Mackenzie Bay. The species is 
circumpolar, breeds in northern Europe and Asia and in Arctic North 
America. 
WHITE TAILED EAGLE (Haliaetus albicilla L.). 
Havern. Е. Gr.: Nastoralik. 
Petersen writes in 1896 that the Eagle is known to the Greenlanders, 
but that he had never seen it himself, nor did he do so all the time he 
was in Angmagsalik. On July 22nd, 1913, he reports that a number of 
children who were fishing for salmon by the river had seen a large, dark 
bird which, judging by the description they gave, may be presumed to 
have been an eagle. The Greenlanders state they have seen it hunting 
small seals. 
In East Greenland the Eagle is only mentioned by Graah and Vahl 
from the most southerly portion; has not been met with north of Ang- 
magsalik. It is to be found in many parts of North and Central Europe 
and Northern Asia; a few pairs breed on Iceland. The Greenland Eagle 
is described as a distinct form and called H. a. groenlandicus Brehm. 
ROOK (Corvus frugilegus frugilegus L.). 
Raase. 
The appearance of the Rook is quite casual. Petersen writes on 
March 23rd, 1901: “Today I received from a Greenlander a Rook which 
he had shot on March 20th at Kangarsik, near Cape Dan.” 
This is the only time the Rook has ever been met with in Green- 
land. It breeds over the greater part of Central Europe and also of 
North and Central Asia. Its nearest breeding place is Scotland, but it 
is а bird which roams widely; in Norway, where it only breeds here 
and there in the southern part of the country, it has been met with 
as far north as Vardø, in lat. 70°22’ N.; in the Faroe’s it appears in 
spring and autumn, often in hundreds; it likewise comes to [Iceland now 
and then in large flocks. 
The skin of the bird was sent home. 
HOODED CROW (Corvus cornix cornix L.). 
Krage. 
The same applies to the Hooded Crow as to the Rook, that its 
appearance is quite casual. It has been shot twice at Angmagsalik, May 
19th, 1897 at Cape Dan and at the end of May, 1907 at Sermilik. Other- 
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