^"'I'gw'"] BvTVRLis, Ansiralian Birds in Siberia. (Yj 



the tundras. On Ob and Yenisei no Whimbrels breed, and the 

 only straggler that I have seen from Yenisei belongs to the typical 

 form (iV. phccopus). 



Ntimenitis minutus (Little Whimbrel). — Breeds evidently on 

 upper Yana (near Verkhojansk, about hjV" N.) and middle Lena. 

 Not further south than about 59" N. I have specimens shot in 

 summer near their nests, but nests were not seen. Not met with 

 on Kolyma or further east. 



Limosa indaniiroides (Black-tailed (iodwit). — Breeds in Eastern 

 Siberia as far north as Kamchatka (perhaps Commander Island), 

 shores of Okhotsk Sea, Baikal, and as far west as upper Yenisei 

 valley (rare). Series collected by me in Smeinogorsk district 

 (Altai) belong to western species {melanura). 



Limosa lapponica novce-zealandicB (Barred-rumped (iodwit). — 

 Breeds in Eastern Siberia as far north as Taimyr Peninsula and 

 tundras at the mouth of Kolyma. Breeds in colonies, and is very 

 noisy. I brought back some downy young. Seems not to breed 

 in the region of true " taiga." 



Heteractitis brevipes (Grey-rumped Sandpiper). — During summer 

 is met with from middle Lena (once procured at Yeniseisk) to 

 Kamchatka, and as far north as about 68° N. on Indigirka (bat 

 not on Kolyma). Have not observed it in its nesting haunts. 



Tringa crassirostris (Great Sandpiper). — Common in the end of 

 July and in August on shores of Okhotsk Sea. Was met with 

 on Commander Island and Anadyr. An adult male shot in May 

 near Verkhojansk (67^° N., on Yana River) by one of my party, 

 but certainly does not breed in arctic parts of Siberia (perhaps 

 goes to alpine tundras of Stanovoi Mountains to breed). 



Tringa subminiita (Middendorff Stint).* — Also not an arctic bird. 

 Breeds in eastern and central Siberia, not further north than 

 66° N. in easternmost parts of its range, and much less northerly 

 further inland. Seems to breed as far south as Saghalien, southern 

 parts of Yeniseisk Government (Minusiusk district), and as far 

 west (in small numbers) as lower Irtysh valley. Eggs and young 

 not yet procured. 



Tringa ruficollis (Little Stint). — Breeds in tundras of lower 

 Lena, Yana. and New Siberian Archipelago. Not met with on 

 Indigirka and Kolyma (rare, and perhaps only straggling, to 

 Yenisei), but seems to breed commonly in Chuckchi Land and on 

 Anadyr. I have found that its eggs were brought home by Dr. 

 Bunge under the name of T. minuta, and my friend ^Mr. H. 

 Dresser figured these eggs in The Ibis several years ago. 



.Egialitis {Ochthodromus) mongoliis ^Mongolian Sand-Dottrel). — 

 Breeds on Commander Island, shores of Okhotsk Sea. and west- 

 wards into eastern Dauria. 



Endromias (Ochthodromus) veredus (Oriental Dottrel). — In our 

 limits, and once met with near Samarkand, in Turkestan. 



* The Middendorff Stint has not yet been recorded as an AustraUan bird, 

 although it has been found in the Malayan Archipelago. — Eds. 



