200 PHALAROPUS HYPERBOREUS.—P. FULICARIUS. 
[§ 3953. Zhree.—Egedesminde, North Greenland, 1864. From 
Pastor Theobald, 1866. 
The Pastor wrote that these were taken by Herr Zimmer, with his own 
hands, and sent as being from the yery same locality as the eggs of the 
other species (§ 3959). | 
[§ 3954. Four.—Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, 12-15 June, 
1868. From Captain Elwes. 
A complete nest taken by Murdoch Macdonald at the little marsh. ] 
[§ 8955. Hour.—Anderson River, Arctic America, June, 1863. 
Smithsonian Institution, through Prof. Baird. 
From Mr. MacFarlane's spoils. The ticket bears the remarkable statement : 
‘Parent no. 36033 shot on tree near nest.” Nothing, however, as to the, so 
far as I know, hitherto unrecorded, fact of a bird of this species perching on a 
tree is said by him in his notes (Proc, U.S, Nat. Mus, xiv. pp. 425, 426). ] 
PHALAROPUS FULICARIUS (Linnezus). 
GREY PHALAROPE. 
[§ 3956. Three-—Egedesminde, North Greenland, 1861. 
From Prof. J. T. Reinhardt. 
Prof. Reinhardt wrote to me, 14 December, 1861, that he had no doubt as 
to the authenticity of these eggs, as he had the greatest confidence in the 
correspondent from whom he received them. I confess that I was not 
satisfied with their appearance, for 1 thought them too small, whereupon, though 
still convinced of their correctness, he was so good as to send me the two next 
to be entered. He did not name his correspondent to me, but it was probabiy 
Herr Zimmer (cf. §§ 8953, 8959). ] 
|§ 3957. Zwo.— Hunde Eiland, Disco Bay, July, 1861. From 
Herr Olrik, through Prof. J. 'T. Reinhardt, 1862. 
Sent, as above stated, in consequence of the doubts I had ventured to 
entertain as to the preceding. Professor Reinhardt wrote to me, 3 June, 
1862, that these were received at Copenhagen, 17 December, 1861, from Herr 
Olrik, the Inspector or Governor of North Greenland, who was positive in 
stating these to be really the eggs of the greater species; but it does not 
