488 Mr. TI. F. Witlierby on Birds 



LlMICOLA PL.VTYRHYNCHA. 



The Broad-hilled Sandpiper seems to he very rare between 

 Kandalax and Ekaterina. Pleske has no record of it. We 

 fonnd a pair on a marsh near Raz-Navolok, and shot single 

 birds on two marslies near the Pulozero. One of the latter 

 shot on July 22nd, to jndge from its actions, certainly had 

 eggs or young, and an empty nest in some moss had perhaps 

 contained them. 



[Pleske records Tringa alpina from near Kandalax (Law- 

 row).] 



TkIXGA TEMMINCKr. 



A nnmber of Temminck's Stints were frequenting a piece 

 of marshy land quite close to Kola on July 28th, and a week 

 later we found a few here and there on the small marshes 

 near Ekaterina, 



iNIachetes pugxax. 



Reeves were common on several of the marshes near the 

 Imandra and the Pulozero, but we neither saw nor obtained 

 a single Ruff. We noticed that the legs of the Reeves 

 varied considei*ably in colouring, from greenish-yellow to 

 bright lemon-yellow. 



Tringoides hypoleucus. 



Common Sandpipers were faii'ly numerous on nearly all 

 the lakes and rivers from Kandalax to within four miles of 

 Kola. 



Totanus glareola. 



On every marsh, and on almost every bit of marshy land, 

 between Kandalax and Kola the Wood-Sandpiper was to be 

 found. This bird seemed to me to take the place of the 

 Redshank on our home marshes and that of the Stilt in the 

 Spanish marshes, in its only too successful endeavours to 

 annoy the intruder. 



Totanus calidris. 



We saw a few Common Redshanks in Kola Bay and near 

 Ekaterina, but nowhere else on our route. 



[Pleske observed one specimen at Zasheech, and saw several 

 broods near Kola.] 



