Birds observed in Kamchatka. 295 



Harelda hyemalis (Linn.). 

 No. 46. ? juv,, Petropavlovsk {Mr. Jacobleff). 

 No. 47. S , (litto. 



CEdemia carbo (Pallas). 

 No. 48. S adult, Petropavlovsk {Mr. Jacobleff). This 

 species is, I think, an addition to the Kamchatka list. 



Hexico.netta stelleri (Pallas). 

 No. 49. S adult, also two very young birds in an interesting 

 stage of plumage, in which the speculum is just beginning to 

 show. 



Somateria spectabilis (Linn.). 



Nos. 50-51. S and pull., Karagiuski Island, August 23, 

 1897. Colour (of S) of bill dull yellow of many shades 

 and complicated arrangement, the exact tints varying in 

 different places ; of interior of mouth pale flesh ; of iris 

 light yellow ; of legs and feet yellow, except the webs and 

 the soles of the feet, which were dark ; of claws horn. 



Dr. Stejneger does not seem to have obtained a specimen 

 of this species in Kamchatka, but it is mentioned by Steller, 

 Pallas, and Taczanowski. 



Mergus albellus Linn. 

 No. 52. 9 , Petropavlovsk, autumn of 1897 {Mr.Jacoblef). 



Ukogallus parvirostkis kamtschatikus (Kittlitz). 

 Nos. 53-54. 2 (^ , both in the moult, Petropavlovsk, 

 August 14, 1897. 



Lagopus rupestris (Gm.). 



No. 55. c? CO' Karagiuski Island, about August 20, 1897. 



No. 56. One unsexed, Karagiuski Island, August 23, 1897. 



" The Ptarmigan found in the mountains of the peninsula 

 has not been satisfactorily determined. It would be no 

 surprise if it should prove to be distinct. It is pretty safe 

 to say, however, that it is not typical mutus." So wrote 

 Dr. Stejneger [op. cit. p. 319) ; but Mr. Ogilvie Grant, who 

 kindly examined my birds for me, does not believe in the 



