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List of specimens obtained. 



No. 92819 — Iris dark brown. Bill brownish black, below at base reddish gray. Feet clear bluisli 

 gray, joints darker gray. Eggs swollen. 

 No. 92820 — Colors as foregoing. Eggs large, swollen. 



The Eastern Wbimbrel is a visitant to the islands during the migra- 

 tions, in spring and autumn, but, being very wary and their stay short, 

 (hey are only seldom seen. During the latter part of May, 1882, I 

 observed a flock on the flat sandy borders of the river, behind the 

 village, but the birds disappeared in the fog before I could secure a 

 specimen. During the following spring two females were secured at 

 Emilianovski Mys, on the northern shore, as late as the 20th and 2lst 

 of June. They were single, and their eggs large and swollen, so that 

 there is a probability that a few pairs remain during the summer and 

 breed. 



In the fall, September 3, 1883, a large flock was observed on the 

 mountain plateau, north of the village, feeding upon the berries of 

 Empetrum nigrum. Two young birds were taken on the steamer in 

 the beginning of August, when at sea between Kamtschatka and Ber- 

 ing Island. 



55. Phalaropus lobatus (Lin.). 



1758. — Tringa lobala LiN., Syst. Nat., 10 ed., I, p. 148, cfr. p. 824. — Phalaropus I. 



Turner, Auk, 1885, p. 157. 

 17B6. — Tringa Injperburca LiN., Sj^st. Nat., 12 ed., I, p. 2i9. — Phalaropus h. Dybow. 



& Parvkx, J. f. Orii., 1868, p. 3:58.— Baird, Tr. Cbicag. Acad., I, 1809 (p. 



706;.— Taczan, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1876, p. 2bl.— Id., Orn Fann. Vosfc. 



Sibir., p. .55 (1877).— Blakist., Amend. List B. Jap., p. 21 (1884).— Zoit- 



jmh.DALi. & Bannist., Tr. Chicag. Acad., I., 1869, p. 209.— Taczan, J. f, 



Orn., 1873, p. 102.— M., ibid., 1875, p.256.— Dall, Avif. Aleut. Isl. West. 



Una!., p. 5 (1874).— Savinh., Ibis, 1875, p. 455.— Coues in Elliott's Aff. 



Alaska, p. 180 (1875).— Blakist. & Pryer, Ibis, 1878, •p.221.— lid., Tr As. 



Soc. Jap., VIII, 1880, p. 196.-/(7/., ibid., X, 1882, p. 113 —Bean, Pr. U. S. 



Nat.Mus., 1882, p. 163.— Elliott, Mouogr. Seal Isl., p. 129, (1882).— Nel- 

 son, Crni.se Corwin. p. 91 (ls-^;>). 

 1810. — Phalarojiii.'^ thiereiis Mey. & Wolf, Taschb. Dcutsch. Viigelk., II, p. 417.— MiD- 



dend., Sibir. Rcise, 11,2, p. 215 (1853).— Schrenck, Reis. Amurl., I, p. 418 



(I860).— FiNSCH. Abh. Brein. Ver., Ill, 1872, p. 65. 

 1826. — Phalaropus rufwoUis Pall., Zoogr. Ross. As., II, p. 203. 

 1826. — Phalaropus cinerascens Pall., Zoogr. Ross. As., II, p. 204. 



