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Young in down, about 2 (lays old (Tanis0 in the Porsanger- 

 fjord, July 3id 1872), measured as follows: — Total length SSn^m, 

 tarsus 21, culmen 11mm. The coloration was very similar to that 

 of Tr. maritima and TemmincMi. The brown spot on the back 

 was distinctly visible. Crown of the head a rich chestnut, mixed 

 with black, and sprinkled bejiind with white-tipped down. Over 

 the eye stretches a broad yellowish band; a short stripe passes 

 through the eye, and behind there is a black spot immediately 

 beneath it. Wing brown. The protuberance on the bill already 

 dropped. 



This brood was guarded by the female bird and not, as I had 

 observed in Tr. maritima and TemmincMi, by the male. 



This species varies considerably in size, and the female, as 

 in most of the Tringce, is larger than the male. A pair shot in 

 Nordland, on the 15t.ii July 1871, measured: — Male, total length 

 188 mm, female 204 mm. The latter had the dorsal plumes widely 

 margined with reddish grey. Some few individuals retain their 

 summer plumage till late in autumn, and I have observed individ- 

 uals with the vent black as late as the 19tii September. 



The stomachs of the individuals shot in Nordland contained 

 Coleoptera, finely bruised LitorinfE, a number of black seeds, and 

 coarse sand. 



The young immature individuals of the preceeding year, con- 

 gregate in flocks, and frequent the sea-shore and the neighbouring 

 swamps. 



Tringa Temminchii, Leisl. 



Breeds on the shores of West-Finmark, and possibly in greater 

 numbers than the foregoing species ; as a breeding bird, it is 

 distributed throughout the whole of Finmark, at least down to Al- 

 ten and Troms0 (69° 40'). 



With regard to its habits, this bird differs in many respects 

 from several of its congeners. When observed in the neighbour- 

 hood of its nest or of its young, it exhibits considerable alarm, 

 and will hover for hours together round the person who ap- 

 proaches, uttering the while a peculiar trilling note, — tirrr, tirrr. I 



