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and young in down ; and a few birds were shot on Lutke 

 Land. 



17. SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA. 



The Common Eider was the only one we found breeding 

 on Waigats and Novaya Zeralya. Though not protected, as 

 it is in Norway, it is still fairly plentiful on these islands. 



18. SoMATERIA SPECTABILIS. 



We again failed to secure authentic eggs of the King- 

 Eider ; a young bird in down and its mother were, however, 

 shot on Dolgoi Island on July 20th. 



Ivan Alexandrovitch Koshevin, the principal Russian 

 merchant in Habarova, told us that the King-Eider bred on 

 Dolgoi, and the Common Eider on Waigats. The infor- 

 mation he gave us about all the larger birds was very correct ; 

 and he pointed out at once, on the drawings shown him, the 

 difference between the various Swans and Geese. We shot 

 three females in Belushja Bay, July 28th, and saw a flock 

 of between 500 and 600 Eiders on Ziwolka Bay behind 

 Pachtussoff Island, lat. 74° 24', on Aug. 6th, which we 

 thought belonged to this species. They flew over us several 

 times, but not within range. 



19. Mergus merganser. 



We shot two Goosanders at Cape Matinsela, Waigats, 

 on July 18th, and were thus able to add this bird to the 

 list for the island. We were specially glad to secure them, 

 as we had recorded this species on Novaya Zemlya in 1895 

 from observation only, and the capture on Waigats confirms 

 this opinion to some extent. It has not been previously 

 found in any of the three islands. 



20. Mergus serrator. 



Several Red-breasted Mergansers were seen on Waigats, 

 also near Habarova ; we only succeeded in bringing them to 

 bag near Belushja Bay. 



21. Charadrius pluvialis. 



Five Golden Plovers were seen near Dolga Bay, Waigats, 

 on July 2nd, and several more near Cape Greben, July 11th ; 

 none were shot. 



