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Charadrius hiaticula hiaticiila L., the Ringed Plover. 



Cliaradrlm hiaticula h., Trevor Battye (1897), p. 588. 

 Aeglalltes hiaticula (L.), Kolthoff (1903), p. 43. 

 Aeglalltes hiatkula (Linn.), Schalow (190-1), p. 209. 

 Aeglalltes hiaticula (L.), le Roi (1911), p. 1(51. 

 Aeglalltes liiatlcula L., Zedlitz (1911), p. 822. 



On Aug. 15 I found tv/o specimens of tliis bird, rare in Spits- 

 bergen, at the eastern shore of Advent Bay, near Hjorthavn. Most 

 of the previous records are also from Advent or Sassen Bay, where 

 they seem to breed on sandy and stony plains near the coast. On 

 July 21, 1921 Gordon found three or four pairs with young at 

 Advent Bay. This is the first breeding record for Spitsbergen. 



Arenaria interpres interpres (L.), the Turnstone. 



Strejmlas interpres (L.), Trevor Battye (1897), p. 589. 

 Strepsilas interpres (L.), Kolthoff (1903), p. 43. 

 Arenaria interpres (Linn.), Schalow (1904), p. 21C. 

 Arenaria interpres L., Zedlitz (1911), p. 323. 

 Strepsilas interpres (L.), le Roi (1911), p. 163. 



This rare bird of which the Oxf. Univ. Exp. has found the first 

 breeding locality in Spitsbergen (Liefde Bay: on the Presqu'île de 

 Rennes and the neighbouring lands; about 20 pairs were found) 

 was not observed by myself. I mention this species only because 

 Huxley saw an individual on the shore near Cape Boheman during 

 his visit on July 12. 



Erolia alpina alpina (L.), the Dunlin. 



Tringa alpina L., Kolthoff (1903), p. 45. 



Pelidna alpina alpina (Linn.), Schalow (1904), p. 196. 



Pelidna alpina (L.), le Roi (1911), p. 167. 



On June 25 I saw one specimen in adult summier plumage on 

 the beach near our settlement at Cape Boheman. This species has 

 hitherto been identified but a few times in Spitsbergen: Walter 

 (1890, p. 242, 247) saw an old male on Edge Land (June 5, 1889), 

 and shot a 9 on Berentine Island (Aug. 22, 1889), and le Roi shot 

 a specimen in Advent Bay (June 15, 1908). The Oxford Expedition 



