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i.iinu uiNUKit SWIMMERS LONOIPraNNES, 



Mr, i'.:iiini:.i > r mentions bhis speoles u boing quite o mon at si,. Miohael's, 



though less al lant, and, aooording i" his observations, re shy, than .v. longi 



oaudnt ; ; i nens were also obtained al Kadiak i>.\ Mr. Bisohofi iltx. Dall speaks 



oj ii as boing eon n on the STuli as high upas Nulato, and also as al lant at 



the moutli "i that river, The tndians and Hi" Russians '-all ii, rcuiboini/c, or "the 



pobbor," and have manj al I ■ ard bo it, Mi'. Dall bos never known 



ii i,, fclighi oxoopl mi H"' water or on a bi fch beaoh, n is Bald i" nesl on the 



l ,, .,, i , in ii,,- I,,. ii ofthoGullsi but ho was unable to obtain its eggs, The long 



i , .,i tui . ,,i the i ii i diffoi groatlj even In I i"' bi individual h Ib wonderfully Bwift 



,,n I Ii.' \\ in- 



i\h. MaoParlano Pound It breeding mi the Barren Grounds, ;ii b e dial i i 



i, \,,ii, gen One in i wn bhu ground, found June 27. Both parents were 



noar, and when oloselj pursued would H\ a Bliort dlstanoe and aligh bhe ground; 



and bids bhoj nonti I i" do for h i> , The nest oontained bwo eggs, in one of 



whioh ii mbryo was muoh largoi bhan II was in bhe othor. Another nest, found 



Julj R, was aboui n hundred yards fr the mm beaoh, ami was a mere depression in 



ii,,- g I, linoil with a fov withorod leavos, H oontai I one egg ami one young 



l,n,l in tho down, 'I'll" < bo muoh resemble the surrounding Boil In oolor bhat 



Hi, ij are difflouH bo ftnd The nests were all mere depressions in bhe ground, lined 



:., iniih oitlici with a few dried grassos or loaves, ot «iili both, Speoi as were 



taken by othor ^.rotio oxplorers at For! Itesolution, Fori Simpson, Fori Rae, Fort 

 anderson, eto, 



[n Shetland those birds Boom bo brood In sooioty, from fifty to sixty being met 



unii ai ilir sn pli in Norway, howovoi as Mr, Hewitson states they 



l, i i in,, i oommonh aparl rrom eaoh othor, oaoh pair baking possession of its sopa 



rate Island, upon bhe highesl poinl oi whioh bhoj are almosl oonstantlj soon perohiug 

 mi, I upon whioh bhoj place thoir nests, The eggs are usuallj two In number, and are 

 olive-brown In oolor, spotted with darker brown, 2,88 lnoh.es In length, and l.GO In 

 breadth, Ai tho time Mr, DroBier visited Shotland tho young were alreadj hatohed, 

 .in,l wore di noverod hiding In bhe long grass Thoj wero oovered only with down, 



their blue legs and blaoli toe i being alreadj vorj distinot, The re advanoed were 



,,i ,, beautiful lighl brownish oolor, di tinotlj barred and Bpottod with Mark ; but as 

 ii,, j [row older tho brow n ooloi graduallj disa]>pearod This Bpeoii i is oooaslonal 

 on tho shores ol Belgium and Holland, Mr, H W, Elliott found II an infrequent 

 visitor at tho Prybiloi Islands, whore ii was nol known to breed, and where bul four 



,,, Hvo of these birds in all wero i n, Thoso would oooasionallj alight on tlie grn ) 



uplands, and stand do lug for hours In an Indolonl attitudo, 



Phonumorou ogg of this speoios oolleoted from bho Arotio ooast and the Vnder 

 son Rivor Region ranged In bheir length from 2.00 to 2.40 inohes, and from L.BOto 

 I fO in breadth. The ground-oolo] is an olive dmb, bul varies greatly, in somo bend 

 lug more bo n green, In others to n gray, or evon to n brown. The markings are 

 pquallj various In thoir Bhades, and differ also In shape, Bizo, and tvumbor. Thej 



pxhibil a , donation ol Bopin brown, dark ohooolato, and bistre, with obscure mark 



i ol itono-graj in Bomo tho markings are all small, and aro distributed »iili 

 groal nniformitj ovor blio w holo o ■ 



