Birds observed in Kamchatka. 293 



Heteractitis iNCANus (Gmel.). 



No. 33. (J juv., Petropavlovsk, July 17, 1896. Colour 

 o£ bill greenish horn, with the base dull yellow ; iris brown ; 

 legs yellow. 



This bird seems to be an addition to the list of species 

 found on the Karachatkan mainlaud, for, although known to 

 Dr. Stejneger from the Commander Islands, it is included 

 by him with ten other species in the list of " Birds, American 

 or peculiar to the Commander Islands, which do not occur 

 in Kamtschatka." 



Heteractitis brevipes (Vieill.). 

 No. 34. (^(!), Karaga Village, August 21, 1897. Colour 

 of bill greenish horn ; of iris dark ; of legs light yellow. 



Nu.MENius CYANOPUS (Vicill.). 



No. 35. Unsexed, Karaga Village, August 21, 1897. 

 Colour of bill bluish horn, with the basal portion of the 

 underside of the lower mandible fleshy; of iris brown; of 

 legs and feet slate ; of claws horn-brown. 



This species was not obtained in Kamchatka by Dr. Stej- 

 neger, but it is known from the peninsula through the work 

 of previous naturalists. 



NUMENIUS PH^OPUS VARIEGATUS (Scopoli) . 



No, 36. c?, Petropavlovsk, about August 28, 1897. 



Phalaropus lobatus (Linn.). 



No. 37. Unsexed, Karaga Village, August 21, 1897. 

 Colour of bill and iris dark ; of legs and feet bluish horn. 



No. 38. Unsexed, Karaginski Island, August 22 or 23, 

 1897. 



Crymophilus fulicarius (Linn.). 



No. 39. c? in breeding-plumage, Petropavlovsk, July 16, 

 1896. Colour of bill at base orange, at tip horn; of iris 

 dark ; of legs, feet, and claws horn, the legs washed here 

 and there with yellowish. 



I have alreadv noted the abundance of these birds as seen 



