526 Mr. H. J. Pearson on the Birds observed 



13. CoTILE RIPARIA. 



We observed several birds, believed to be Sand-AIartins, 

 round tlie upper monastery on the Petsehenga river ; but 

 shooting was not permitted there. 



14. Passer domesticus. 



I saw a House-Sparrow on the monks' house at the head 

 of Peisenfjord, June 16th ; and, not being allowed to shoot 

 it there, I persuaded it to go as far as the boundary-fence, 

 where it fell a victim. A pair had young in the gable of this 

 house on July 2nd. 



15. Fringilla montifringilla. 



A few pairs of Bramblings were seen on the Litsa and 

 Trifonovka rivers, but it was only on reaching our camping- 

 ground near Petsehenga lake that the birds became common. 

 We found a number of nests between July 2nd and 10th, 

 all in birches, the greater part containing incubated eggs. 

 The hens sat close ; one pecked my finger before she would 

 leave the nest, and another retained her seat while my brother 

 climbed 20 feet up the thin birch-tree which held the nest. 



16. LiNOTA EXILIPES. 



Coues's Redpolls were nesting near the Litsa and Petsehenga 

 rivers in birch and dwarf juniper, but not nearly so common 

 as around Lake Ukanskoe in 1895. 



17. Emberiza schceniclus. 



We saw Reed-Buntings near all the three rivers visited. 

 The last nest found (July 11th) was in a hollow birch-stump, 

 and consisted of a few grasses with chips of wood. As there 

 were only 2 eggs, fresh, the bird had probably been disturbed. 



18. Plectrophenax nivalis. 



Snow-Buntings were buildmg among the rocks on Heno, 

 June 7th. We saw them at most points visited on the 

 Ribatschi peninsula, but never inland. 



19. CaLCARIUS LAPPONICUS. 



Lapland Buntings were common on Heno, where we found 

 several nests in the Efnpetrum nigrum, and in the tussocks 

 of coarse gz*ass, whose roots form mounds four to six feet 



