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with its bill full of insects, comporting itself in such a way that it 
obviously had young in the vicinity. On August 10th both old and 
young birds were seen near the Colony. In 1913 it was not seen until 
May 12th. That it was not merely for a few years that the Meadow 
Pipit stayed round Angmagsalik is seen by the fact that Petersen, after 
eight years’ absence, returned in August, 1923, and saw it immediately 
on his arrival. Later he only saw it once, on October 10th, when one 
was seen flying in an easterly direction. 
In East Greenland the species is only known in Angmagsalik while 
from West Greenland there is only one report of its appearance. It is 
widely spread as a breeding bird in most parts of Europe and a large 
part of Asia. The East Greenland Meadow Pipit without doubt comes 
from Iceland, where it is a very common breeding bird. 
REDWING (Turdus musicus coburni Sharpe). 
Vindrossel. 
Petersen has received three birds of this race. On October 20th, 
1904 two were shot by the Colony. They were flying from one ice-floe 
to another down by the beach, looking for food, and every now and 
then they made a trip to the shore, where they doubtless caught sand- 
skippers, small snails, etc. They were only slightly shy and easy to shoot. 
On October 31st, 1906, he received one from a Greenlander who had 
shot it on the beach. 
It is not known in other parts of the east coast, but has been met 
with a few times in West Greenland. Its breeding places are in Northern 
Europe and a part of Northern Asia. In Norway it is a very common 
breeding bird, as also in the Icelandic birch thickets. 
Three skins have been sent home. They apparently belong to the 
race living on Iceland, which is called 7. m. coburni Sharpe, and differs 
from the typical form by being rather darker in colour on the back. 
The justification for regarding the Icelandic form as a distinct race has 
been disputed, and at any rate the deviations from the typical form 
are only small. 
WHITE WAGTAIL (Motacilla alba alba L.). 
Hvid Vipstjert. E. Gr.: Erkorkortok = He of the long tail. 
This bird, too, breeds at Angmagsalik, although only in small 
numbers. It was met with there as early as in 1885 by Holm’s Ex- 
pedition, and was seen by Petersen in the spring of 1895. In 1899 it 
was seen every day during nesting time in July-August, and on August 
21st Petersen saw a young bird. It appeared for the last time on August 
