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16th of April, and it was the last of the breeding-birds to 

 arrive. About half-a-dozen nests were taken at Cape Flora, 

 and no doubt many more could have been procured if desired. 

 The nests were placed among stones; but one was on an 

 exposed ledge of a rock, about five feet from the ground, 

 and just large enough to hold it ; while another was in a 

 deep crevice, and a third under an overhanging piece of 

 turf. We saw the first young birds on the 26th of July 

 1896, and the 10th of July 1897. 



The presence of this bird on Bruce Island is rather 

 striking (it probably breeds there), since the island is almost 

 ice-covered, one or two narrow strips near its edge being the 

 only ground free from ice. — W. S. B.] 



2. *Calcarius lapponicus (Linn.). 



Several fully adult males of the Lapland Bunting were 

 obtained by Mr Jackson at Cape Flora on the 28th of May 



1896. These specimens were exhibited at the meeting of 

 the British Ornithologists' Club, on the l7th of November 

 1897 {Bull Brit Orn, Club, No. xlviii. p. 14). 



This species was an unlooked-for addition to the fauna of 

 Franz Josef Land ; for the archipelago lies not only far to the 

 north of the bird's previously ascertained distribution, but 

 its physical conditions are of an order not likely to prove 

 attractive to the species, and to induce it to become a summer 

 visitor. Indeed, we can only regard Mr Jackson's specimens 

 as mere stragglers from Novaya Zemlya, where this bunting 

 is uncommon during the nesting season. It is quite unknown 

 to Spitzbergen. 



3. *Otocorys alpestris (Linn.). 



A female Shore-Lark, in immature plumage, in Mr Bruce's 

 collection, was shot by Mr Armitage on the 9th of June 



1897, near Elmwood, the station at Cape Flora. 



This species is new to the avifauna of Franz Josef Land, 

 which is, moreover, the most northerly region in which the 

 bird has yet been observed. It is quite unknown in Spitz- 

 bergen, but is not an uncommon summer visitor to Novaya 

 Zemlya. Whether this bird is more than a straggler to 



