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ORNITHOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS. 



1788 —Tardus camtschatkensis Gmel., Syst. Nat., 1, 2, p. 817.— Sylvia (CalUopc) himischat^ 

 Jcensis MiDD., Sibir. Reise, II, 2 (p. 174) (1853).-iM8cto?rt (C.) I: Schhenck, 

 Reise Araurl., I, p. 359 {I860).— CalUojye camtschaihenais Swinh., P. Z. S., 

 1871, p. 359.— Taczan., J. f. Orn., 1872, p. 433.— 7d., ibid., 1874, p. 335. -Id., 

 ibid., 1876, p. 193.— Id., ibid., 1881, p. 181.— 7d., Orn. Fauna Vost. Sibir., p. 27 

 (1877).— Id., Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1876, p. 143.— Id., ibid., 18S0, p. 136.— 

 Id., ibid., 1882, p. 388.— David & Oust., Ois. Cbino (p. 235) (1977).— 

 Blakist. & Pryer, Ibis, 1878, p. 239.— lid., Trans. As. Soc. Jap., VIII, 

 1880, p. 225.— lid., ibid., X, 1882, p. 161.— Stejneger, Naturen, 1882, p. 181.— 

 Id., ibid., 1884, p. 6. 



Kamtschatka's Nightingale, one of the loveliest birds I ever saw or 

 heard, breeds plentifully round Petropaulski, especially in the sunny 

 alder-groves on the slopes above and behind the town. In the late 

 spriug-of 1883 I shot the first male arrivals on the 22d of May. It was 

 absolutely silent, creeping shyly among the lower branches of the bushes. 

 Durifig the following autumn I met several in the latter part of Sep- 

 tember. They were found especially in a narrow valley on the eastern 

 side of the graveyard, the same place where Kittlitz, more than fifty 

 years ago, had collected his specimens during the same season of the 

 year. About the 1st of October all had left. 



A single straggler was shot on Bering Island January 29, 1883. 

 It has the throat and chin white, with some mottlings of the lovely 

 scarlet, which adorns these parts in the adult male. On the Island it is 

 only an accidental visitor. 



List of specimens collected. 



89155 

 89156 

 92514 

 92517 

 92515 

 9251C 



1232 

 1236 

 2050 

 2330 

 2306 

 2593 

 2642 



Locality. 



Petropaulski 1 June27,1882 



(lo t June 29, 1882 



do May 22,1883 



Bering Island June 29, 1883 



Petropaulski July—, 1883 



do Sept. 18,1883 



do Sept. 25, 1883 



d ad. 

 cf ad. 

 d" ad. 

 d'?ad. 

 ad. 



cf 



cf 



mm. 



167 1. 

 175 I. 

 172 



170 

 164 



mm. 

 79 

 79 



mm. 

 63 

 64 



No. 89155. -Iris dark brown. Bill brownish black. Pcet grayish brown, hind part of tarsus shin- 

 ing whitish. 



No. 89156.— As foregoing. Inside of mouth blackish brown. 



No. 92514.-Iris dark brown. Bill homy grayish black. Feet dark pearl gray, below lighter with 

 a livid tinge. Inside of mouth blackish. Testes large, swollen, dark olive gray. 



No. 9251C.— Bill horny blackish brown, paler at base of lower mandible ; angle of mouth pale yellow ; 

 interior of mouth pale orange. Feet of a dark silvery gray with a brownish violet tinge, and taisus 

 white behind. Testes small, black. , 



No. 2642.-BU1 horny blackish brown, pale flesh-color at base of lower mandible. Otherwise like 

 the foregoing. 



