Note 3 — Chapter II
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I do not admit that the raven is a truly Arctic bird. Nansen, in Farthest North, although he kept careful records of all the birds seen during the three years his expedition lasted, never mentions having seen a raven, which I believe has only penetrated into the Arctic Regions, as an excursionist, in comparatively recent times, following the whaling ships, and living on the carcases of the whales and seals killed.