■^PQ''Jl^l THAYER AND BANGS — BIRDS 31 



1914 



He was unable to get a shot at one, and none were killed by natives. 

 The inhabitants, however, told him that they were of regular occur- 

 rence there every year. 



Cygnus bewicki Yarr. 



One adult male was obtained at Nijni Kolymsk, June 2, 1912, 

 and one set of eggs. 



Bewick's swan bred commonly at the Kolyma. The first to 

 arrive came on May 22, 1912. 



A nest found on an island in the Delta of the Kolyma on June 26, 

 1912, contained two nearly fresh eggs. The birds had taken pos- 

 session of an old nest of the year before, made of heaped up moss 

 and grass roots, which the winter had partly thrown down, and had 

 repaired it. The eggs were deposited on the top of the heap with 

 only a very little down under them. 



The swans were always exceedingly shy. 



Phalacrocoracidae, 

 Phalacrocorax pelagicus pelagicus Pallas. 



One specimen was preserved. The pelagic cormorant was found 

 on the Arctic coast of Siberia westward to Cape Irkaipij, beyond 

 which point it was not seen. August 30, 1912, about a dozen birds 

 were seen on the northern point of Cape Kibera Island. Sept. 5, 

 1911, at Cape Irkaipij, large numbers of full fledged young were still 

 about the rookeries, with only a very few adult birds. September 

 22, 1912, at Koliutschin Island, many birds were yet to be seen 

 about the breeding places. 



No other cormorant was seen on the Arctic Siberian coast. 



