on the Miirman Coast, Russian Lap/ojid. 533 



57. TOTANUS IIYPOLEUCUS. 



A number of Common Sandpipers were about Petscbenga 

 lake, and we found two nests tliere on July 5tli, witb eggs 

 sligbtly incubated. 



58. ToTANUS CALIDllIS. 



One or two Rcdshauks were seen in most suitable localities. 



59. LiMosA sp. ? 



Two Godwits were feeding on a sandbank near tbe ship 

 ill Litsafjord on the night of June 23rd, but we could not 

 distinguish to which species they belonged. 



GO. NUMENIUS PH/EOPUS. 



In both the Peisen and Litsa districts Whimbrcl were 

 fairly common. 



61. Sterna macrura. 



On May 31st Arctic Terns were over Heno in thousands ; 

 I have never seen so many together before. We first noticed 

 a few single eggs on June 17th, and by the 24th the birds 

 were nesting in all directions — on the wet sphagnum-moss in 

 the marshes, on the Empetrum nigrum which covered the 

 higher ground, and among the shingle of the shore; but 

 there were no young, and of the eggs our men collected for 

 eating few were more than half incubated. During a visit 

 of two hours on July 13th we never saw a Tern on the 

 island. Either they had hatched and reared their young in 

 17 days, or their nests had been robbed so often that they 

 had given up the eflFort, In most cases the colour of the 

 eggs agreed with their surroundings. We found young just 

 hatched on July 9th, at an elevation of 700 feet, near 

 Petscbenga lake. 



62. Larus canus. 



A number of Common Gulls were nesting on Heno. We 

 also saw the birds on the Litsa and Petscbenga rivers. 



63. Larus argentatus. 



64. Larus marinus. 



Nesting on Heno. These species were also seen at several 

 other parts of the coast. 



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