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and rapidly — to land on the opposite side of the lake. Having 

 been absent for some 5 minutes he returned just as rapidly, flew a 

 good way to the other side of the nest sat down and kept quiet for 

 a couple of minutes, whereafter he again flew up and took the 

 earth some 20 meters from the nest, which he then rapidly approa- 

 ched walking and swimming hidden by aquatic plants and tufts. 

 All this was done in order to mislead me, who was lying some 15 

 meters from the nest without any shelter and therefore seen by the 

 bird all the while. 



"ThiMiliiii'iiiiiiMW 



Fig. 11. Nesting locality of Grey Plialaropes. July 1907. 



While photographing the nest and its surroundings I several 

 times chased up the breeding bird, which every time repeated these 

 manoeuvres always in exactly the same way. The female had already 

 left the nesting place. 



The Grey Phalarope in North-East Greenland — according to 

 my experience — always nests on the mainland, sometimes a good 

 way up the fjords but not on islands and skerries near the sea; on 

 these the bird was never observed. In H. Winge: "Grønlands Fugle" 

 it is said, that the Grey Phalarope according to Holboll only nests 

 on the islands outside the shore. 



The females depart immediately after their laying is finished. 

 An accidental laggard was observed August 29"^ 1907 in the open 



