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130. *iEGiALiTis cuRONiCA (Gmel.). 



Young Lesser Ringed Plovers, still retaining some down, 

 M'ere observed on a small shingle-bank in the river in 

 lat. 61° 10' N. 



131. *iEGiALiTis HiATicuLA (Linn,). 



132. "^EuDROMiAs MORiNELLUs (Liun.). 



Dotterels are not numerous on the Yenisei; one nest was 

 found near Doodinka. 



140. ■^Gallinago stenura (Kuhl). 



The drumming of the Pintailed Snipe may best be 

 described as resembling the sound made by unwinding 

 the line from a salmon-reel with rapidly increasing speed. 

 Four nests were taken. 



140 A. Gallinago gallinula (Linn.). 

 I shot a Jack Snipe in about lat. 69° 30' N., during our 

 journey up stream, thus confirming Dr. TheeFs observation. 



144. "^Tringa subarquata (Giild.). 



All chance of reaching the breeding-grounds of the Curlew 

 Sandpiper was ruined by our enforced delay at the Bre- 

 khoffski Islands. 



144 a. Tringa canutus Linn. 



Two Knots, both females, were shot at Vorogova (lat. 61° 

 N.) on June 14th. The ovaries contained eggs about the 

 size of No. 1 shot. They were with two other Sandpipers 

 which appeared somewhat smaller and may have been 

 T. subarquata. 



149. ^TOTANUS GLAREOLA (LiuU.). 



I was able to confirm my observations made in 1895 as to 

 the breeding of Wood-Sandpipers in the old nests of 

 Thrushes, for we found two such nests, from which a male 

 and female were shot, and two other nests on the ground at 

 Doodinka, where the tundra begins. 



153. "^LiMOsA LAPPONiCA (Liuu.) . 



We found one nest near Golchika containing three young 

 Bar-tailed Godwits in down and one egg just hatching. 



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