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ORNITHOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS. 



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Dimensions of Budytes flavus leucostriatus, /ro»i ^^asfca. 



Dimensions of Budytes flavus. 



Budytes leucostriatus is a coinmou breeding bird in the environs of 

 Petropaulski, being found during the months of June and July every- 

 where on the low marshy grounds surrounding the lakes, fresh-water 

 ponds, and brackish lagoons of the vicinity. 



On Bering Island their appearance is only occasional during the spring 

 migration, notwithstanding Dr. Dybowski's statement that they breed 

 there. None were seen in 1882, but in 1883, about the 20th of May, a 

 small flock arrived, of which several were shot for me. It is to be 

 remarked that they had not arrived at Petropaulski on the 27th, in 

 which place the ground was stili covered with deep snow, though being 

 situated much more southerly than the island* On Bering Island I 

 now and then saw single individuals uutil June 10, when I observed 

 two and shot one, at which time all the rest seemed to have left. 



