ohserved in the Kola Peninsula. 487 



the bird. Near Kola I put up in thick birch-scrub a large 

 dark bird, which was certainly not a Capercaillie, but by its 

 flight and general appearance seemed to be a Blackcock.] 



Charadrius pluvialis. 



On all the marshes from the Imandra to Ekaterina the 

 Golden Plover was met with, and often very plentifully. 

 We found eggs much incubated on July 15th. 



^GIALITIS HIATICULA. 



Ringed Plovers were fairly common at Kandalax, along 

 the shores of the Imandra, and at Kola. 



EUDROMIAS MORINELLUS. 



There were a few Dotterels on the stony hills about Eka- 

 terina, but we saw them nowhere else on our route. The 

 young of a brood found on August 3rd were still partially 

 covered with down and coiald scarcely fly. 



StREPSILAS INTERPRES. 



A few Turnstones inhabited the islands in Kandalax Bay. 

 A nest under a stone a few yards from the water contained 

 four fresh eggs on July 6th. We saw a small flock in Kola 

 Bay on July 29th. 



HiEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS. 



Oyster-catchers were common and breeding on the islands 

 in Kandalax Bay. We also saw a iew on the shores of the 

 Kola Fjord. 



Phalaropus hyperboreus. 



A couple of Red-necked Phalaropes, shot on July 16th on 

 a marsh near Raz-Navolok on the Imandra, were perhaps 

 breedinsr. A few were also seen in Kola Bay. 



Gallinago cgelestis. 



A couple of Snipe which must have belonged to this 

 species inhabited a marsh near Raz-Navolok. We were, 

 however, unable either to shoot the birds or to discover their 

 eggs or young. 



[Pleske obtained one specimen near Kola, and records it 

 from Kandalax (Mela).] 



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