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Also we got 3 and ? Yellow-headed AVagtails. The 

 $ was carrying dry grass in her bill to build her nest. 



Descriptioyi of ? . — Top of head greenish, with a yellow 

 streak over the eye, joined to the yellow of the neck by a 

 pale yellow band, encircling the auricular feathers, which 

 are darker and greener. A. pale yellow or yellowish-buff 

 frontal band. Much paler on the belly than the 3 . 



We found a Pintail's nest and eggs. 



Later in the evening at one place we got a Scoter's 

 nest with ten eggs and down, and a Brambling's with 

 seven eggs, and shot two Little Buntings and another of 

 those puzzling Willow- AVarbler-like Phylloscopi. 



Two Terns were seen at a distance and whistled over 

 the boat, and were identified as Arctic Terns by the ash- 

 grey of the breast. Several were afterwards shot at their 

 nests, which latter contained one or two eggs. Thej^ 

 were breeding apart, and not in a colony, and the nest 

 was not yet begun, the eggs being laid on the bare sand. 



An Oystercatcher was shot, and another pair were 

 nesting on the same piece of ground with the Terns. We 

 were a little surprised at finding these birds breeding so 

 far inland, only 120 versts down the river from Ust 

 Zylma, i.e., 160 versts from Kuja. The tide comes up as 

 far as Konig and Pustozersk. 



After this, during the evening, which was very fine, we 

 rowed gently down-stream. We have only as yet used our 

 sail once, having for the most part had either dead calm 

 or light contrary wind. 



June 15. 



When we awoke on the morning of Tuesday, the 15th 

 of June, we found the rain again heavy. 



Our boat was lying-to at a village called Abramoff. Here 

 we shot three more Yellow-headed Wagtails (two 3 and 

 one ? ). The ? had evidently been sitting, as the belly 



