8 COLLETT AND NANSEN. ACCOUNT OF THE BIRDS [norw. pol. exp. 



Yalmal Peninsula on August 8th (69" 37' N. Lat.). It had its haunt near a 

 brook on the tundra, where it probably had young ones, for it circled round 

 the travellers with loud cries, and often lighted on the ground close to them. 

 On Reno (one of the Kjellman Islands), on August 20th, another large 

 wader of a mottled grey colour was seen among the numerous waders occurring 

 there. It probably belonged to this species. 



Arquatella maritima, (Gniel.) 1788. 



Seen here and there along the coast of Siberia as far as Cape Chelyuskin, 

 generally in little flocks of eight or ten birds, often singly, but never in large 

 flocks. On Reno (one of the Kjellman Islands), however, they were numerous 

 on August 20th and 21st, and one specimen was shot^. 



The last specimens seen on the mainland were in Toll Bay, Taimur Gulf 

 (at the beginning of the Chelyuskin Peninsula), on Sept. Sth^. 



Lastly, to the south of the edge of the ice, on September 20th, (77 » 

 50' N. Lat., about 137 •> E. Long.), a flock of small waders, flying southwards, 

 was seen from the ship. They were supposed to belong to this species. 

 This was directly to the north of Kotelnoi, and their appearance here in a 

 flock, may possibly indicate the existence of land farther north. 



Fhalaropus hyperboreus, (Lin.) 1766. 



Seen in great numbers on Reno (one of the Kjellman Islands) on August 

 20th and 21st. They were in the sea near the shore (74" 46' N. Lat.). 



Crymophilus fulicarius, (Lin.) 1766. 



On August 20th and 21st, numerous specimens of the grey phalarope 

 were also seen on Reno. These, too, were near the shore, but without ming- 

 ling with the preceding species. 



' A wing of this bird was brought to the Christiania Museum. 



^ In his journal, Nansen writes in the entry for September 2nd, (on Taimur Island), 

 that the birds of passage had almost all gone south. During the last days of August, 

 they met flocks of waders out on the sea, where they were probably collecting for 

 their flight southwards. 



