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East Siberian avifauua ; this does not, howeverj increase the 

 number of Kamchatkan birds, since the Nutcracker was 

 already well known to occur in the peninsula. 



Accentor montanellus (Pallas). 



No. 61. One unsexed, Karaginski Island, August 23, 1897. 



This species should probably be added to the list of Palse- 

 arctic summer visitors (see Stejneger, op. cit. p. 349) which, 

 although known to occur on the Chukchi Peninsula, have 

 not yet been obtained in Kamchatka, and most of which, 

 probably, do not occur there regularly. They are ufEgialitis 

 hiaticLila {?), Eudroiuias moi'inellus, Pelidna femiginea, Eury- 

 norhynchus pygmceus, MutaciUa ocularis, Turdus iliacus (?), 

 T. naumanni, and Saxicola mnanthe, eight in all. The occur- 

 rence of a Central-Asiatic bird in the region north of 

 Kamchatka is not, however, very surprising, when it is con- 

 sidered that nearly one-half of the birds of Northern Alaska 

 are identical with those of North-eastern Siberia*. 



Calcarius LAPPONicL's (Linu.) . 



No. 62. Onejuv. (unsexed), Karaginski Island, August 22 

 or 23, 1897. 



Although the Lapland Bunting is numerous in summer 

 on the Commander Islands, especially on Bering Island, 

 Dr. Stejneger writes (op. cit. p. 251) : — " About its occur- 

 rence in Kamtschatka I can only say that I met a single, 

 exceedingly shy individual in the graveyard of Fetropaulski 

 during the first half of October." 



Anthus gustavi Swinhoe. 

 No. 63. cJ (!) juv., Karaginski Island, August 23, 1897. 

 Colour of bill horn, the lower mandible fleshy at its base ; 

 of gape yellow ; of interior of mouth light yellow ; of legs, 

 feet, and claws fleshy horn. 



BuDYTEs TLAVA (Midd.) . 



No. 64. S CO juv., Karaga Village, August 22, 1897. 

 Colour of bill, legs, and feet horn ; of soles of feet yellow. 



* See Prof. Newton's ' Dictioaary of Birds,' p. 332. 



