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of the archipelago, to which it is probably a mere straggler, 

 for it is a scarce bird in Novaya Zemlya. 



[?] Gallinago sp. inc. 



Neale, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1882, p. 654. 



I have little doubt that the supposed Snipe seen by the 

 old whaling hands of Mr Leigh Smith's second expedition 

 to Franz Josef Land, as mentioned by Dr Neale, was 

 really the Purple Sandpiper — a bird which I know from 

 experience is called by whalers a " Snipe." 



It is almost needless to remark that no species of Gallinago 

 is at all likely to occur in Fraoz Josef Land, or elsewhere in 

 the high north ; and a Snipe has never been seen either on 

 Spitzbergen or Novaya Zemlya. 



9. *Teinga fuscicollis, Vieill. 



Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, No. li. p. 36. 



Mr Bruce's collection contains a skin of a female Bona- 

 parte's Sandpiper, which was shot on the margin of the pond 

 near the beach at Cape Flora, on the 28th of June 1897, by 

 Mr Wilton. The bird was alone, and no other example was 

 observed. 



This bird is not only a new and remarkable addition to 

 the ornis of Franz Josef Land, but it is the first authentic 

 example of this American species that has been obtained in 

 Europe elsewhere than the British Isles, for the Icelandic 

 record is not to be regarded as satisfactory. 



The occurrence of this Sandpiper in Franz Josef Land, so 

 far away from its accustomed haunts, is very remarkable ; 

 but almost equally remarkable is the fact that it should have 

 found its way there in the breeding-season. It has only 

 visited the British shores during the migratory period in 

 the autumn, and its occurrence in Franz Josef Land in 

 summer admits of no satisfactory explanation. 



[?] Tringa canutus, Linn. 



Payer, op. cit., ii. p. 91 ; Feilden, t. c, p. 210. 



Lieut. Payer mentions the " Iceland Knot " as one of the 

 birds observed by the Austro-Hungarian Expedition, but 



