FIELD NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF BEAR ISLAND.

• Published in: Ibis
• Main Authors: Duffey, Eric, Sergeant., David E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1950
• Subjects: Arctic; Bear Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919x.1950.tb01762.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1474-919X.1950.tb01762.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1950.tb01762.x

Summary. A brief account is given of the topography of Bear Island and of previous ornithological work. Thirty‐three days were spent on the island, the greater part of which was covered during a census of the bird‐life. A short ecological account is given of the breeding birds. The effect on the bir...