The Birds of Angmagsalik. 261 
in Scotland, is now and then met with on the Faroe Islands and on 
Iceland; in Norway it breeds up to lat. 70° N., is otherwise spread over 
a large part of Europe and Asia. 
SWALLOW (Hirundo rustica L.). 
Forstuesvale. 
The only information to be found about the Swallow is that the 
skull and the upper part of the bill were sent to me, marked “Sermilik, 
summer 1904”. What was sent was, however, enough to determine the 
species and to show that it was a young bird. 
This is the only time the species has been met with at Angmagsalik; 
on the southern part of the east coast a Swallow was shot in September, 
1893, presumably of this species, but the skin was not preserved. In 
West Greenland both the European and the American race Н. г. erytro- 
gastra have been met with a few times; to which of the races the one 
sent home belongs is impossible to determine, but probably it was a 
European bird. 
The Swallow is common as a breeding bird over the most of Europe 
and Asıa; its nearest breeding place is Norway, where it nests as far 
up as the most northerly districts, and the British Isles. It comes regularly 
to Iceland every year, and presumably it has bred there too. 
STARLING (Sturnus vulgaris vulgaris L.). 
Steer. 
In all Petersen has five times received a shot or caught Starling. 
The first was shot at the Colony on October 27th, 1896. As to the others 
Petersen reports November 4th, 1896: “I received today from a young 
Greenlander a starling, which he had taken on the 31st of the previous 
month at the Greenlander House in the Colony. He had found it in a 
dying condition. A few days before a Greenland girl, who was visiting 
the colony, had seen a strange bird which, according to the description, 
must have been the same Starling, sitting on the roof of the house of 
the Colony Manager.’ May 5th, 1901: “From a Greenlander I received 
today the head of an old Starling which had been shot at Nunakitit 
at Cape Dan a few days before. The reason why he only brought the 
head was that he had smashed the body with his shot.” January 2nd, 
1907: “Today I received from Sermilik a Starling which was shot there 
about Christmas or shortly before. The bird was not emaciated, probably 
because it had been able to find food on the beach at low water. The 
fjord is not yet covered by ice and the beach, where there is a slight 
current, is more or less free of ice. When the Starling was shot it was 
