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The spoon-bill sandpiper, Eurynorhynchus pygmens (Linn.), was 

 sought for during the entire voyage, but never was seen. Mr. 

 Koren believes that it does not range west of Cape Chelakhskai, 

 as none of the natives west of this point recognized the bird when 

 it was carefully described to them. 



Limosa lapponica baueri Naumann. 



Two specimens, adult male and female, were taken at Nijni 

 Kolymsk, May 30, 1912. These two were the first seen in the 

 spring. Others were noted at Sucharina, June 23, 1912, and 

 forty miles east of Cape Bolshaja Baranov, July 18, 1912, and at 

 Balagan, July 19, 1912. 



Tringa glareola Linn. 



Two adults, male and female, were taken at Nijni Kolymsk, 

 May 31, and June 1, 1912. The wood sandpiper made its first 

 appearance with so many others of the wading birds at Nijni 

 Kolymsk on May 31. It was strictly confined during the summer 

 within the limits of the tree growth. On June 17 a set of four eggs, 

 nearly fresh, was taken at Nijni Kolymsk. The nest was made in a 

 tuft of dry grass in a swampy place in the larch forest. The parent 

 bird, flushed from the nest, flew high up into the air, and was 

 joined by its mate who had been sitting in a tree-top. After this 

 both kept circling about high over the trees as long as Mr. Koren 

 remained in the vicinity. 



Mathews has set up the name affinis Horsfield, for the Eastern 

 wood sandpiper, and considers it subspecifically distinct from the 



