. Report of the cruise of the revenue cutter Bear and the overland expedition for the relief of the whalers in the Arctic ocean, from November 27, 1897, to September 13, 1898. RETURNING FROM A DUCK HUNT AT POINT o <5 2 en a. LU_l<I CRUISE OF THE U. S. REVENUE CUTTER BEAR. 97 with the coining of spring there came great numbers of different birdsto the Point Barrow region. A snowbird was first reported April 14,but it was not until May that any more than one or two a day wereseen by the whole population. April 19 two eider ducks were reportedflying by Ignavik; but during this
. Report of the cruise of the revenue cutter Bear and the overland expedition for the relief of the whalers in the Arctic ocean, from November 27, 1897, to September 13, 1898. RETURNING FROM A DUCK HUNT AT POINT o <5 2 en a. LU_l<I CRUISE OF THE U. S. REVENUE CUTTER BEAR. 97 with the coining of spring there came great numbers of different birdsto the Point Barrow region. A snowbird was first reported April 14,but it was not until May that any more than one or two a day wereseen by the whole population. April 19 two eider ducks were reportedflying by Ignavik; but during this month the birds of all kinds thatappeared were but individual forerunners of the flights that were tocome in May. In the early part of that month great flocks of eiderducks were moving northward along the lead of open water off flight continued all of May and June, and the men out Avhalingnot only kept themselves in ducks, but from time to time furnishedus ashore enough to augment our food supply and vary the monotonyof the diet. Just as soon as bare spots appeared on the land eider ducks, geese,jagers, owls, and loons began nesting in great numbers. For a shorttime in June quantities of eggs were gathered
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