on the Murman Coast, Russian Lapland. 



)35 



71. Fratercula arctica. 



Immense numbers of Puffins were breeding on Heno, and 

 the air at times appeared full of them. The Russians 

 catch quantities by placing fishing-nets over the ground where 

 holes are most plentiful. The earliest eggs, found June 5tli, 

 were under stones, as even on the 13th the peat was frozen 

 hard one or two inches below the surface, and the old burrows 

 contained ice. 



72. COLYMBUS ADAMSI. 



An immature bird of this species was brought on board, 

 June 10th, in Peisenfjord ; it had just been caught in 

 the salmon-nets — a common fate for the Divers there, as 

 several of the next species were also offered to us. 



73. CoLYMBUS arcticus. 



74. CoLYMBUS septentrionalis. 



Both species were numerous on all the fjords, because the 

 lakes were frozen till nearly the end of June. 



List of Birds observed on Great and Little Hen'6 Islands, 

 May ^\st, June \st, 7th, I3th, \7th, 26th, 28th, and 

 July I3th, 1899. 



