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Two nests and down of Bean Geese with the old birds 

 snared on the nests were also brought in, and a nest of 

 Bluethroats, and a nest of eight duck's eggs [No. 81 of 

 Catalogue] (with down and seven or eight feathers from 

 the birds), which we cannot at present identify. 



June 21. 



It had been very cold during the night and for the past 

 two days. I turned out on Monday, the 21st of June, for 

 a few hours without having had much sleep. I took a 

 Ked-necked Phalarope's nest and four eggs which 

 Simeon, our Samoyede, had found yesterday. The nest 

 was away from the water on a dry open piece of ground 

 amongst long grass. 



Seebohm, shooting with a stick-gun, got one Siberian 

 Chiffchaff and a lot of Yellow-headed Wagtails. 



I searched for Ducks' and Stints' nests diHgently. I 

 shot a ? Wigeon off her nest with six eggs. I saw 

 Stints, but amongst the thick willow-scrub could find no 

 nests. 



We hope soon to run down — 40 versts — to Stana- 

 voialachta, where we understand there is ground more 

 suitable for their breeding, and which is generally 

 recommended for birds over most other localities about 

 here. 



We shot also two of the doubtful Warblers, and saw a 

 number of Buffon's Skuas. 



Eggs of Lapland Bunting (nest lined with feathers) 

 and of Ked-throated Pipit were brought in to-day. 



Having now a considerable series of the Leaf-Warblers, 

 we spent some time in an examination of them to-day. 

 Seebohm has taken full notes, and I shall let him do 

 all the havering about them, as he is much better up in 

 the subject than I. 



Our greatest discovery was that amongst the lot was 



