348 Mr. H. Seebohm on the 



'f' LiMOSA RUFA UROPYGIALIS. 



We may take it for granted that the Bar-tailed Godwits 

 observed on the Great Liakoft" Island belonged to the eastern 

 form of that species. They are doubtfully recorded on the 

 1st of July, and flocks were seen and many birds shot on the 

 2nd and 3rd. Large flocks were seen on the 5th-, and after- 

 wards until the IGtIi. The Yakuts told Dr. Bunge that these 

 birds did not breed on the island ; but on the 4th of August he 

 observed a male, which behaved exactly as if it had a nest. 

 On the 12th of August two examples were seen flying south. 



-^ Strepsilas interpres. 



Turnstones were seen on the 16th of June and on several 

 subsequent days. On the 27th a nest with four somewhat 

 incubated eggs was found, and on the 13th of August a fully 

 fledged young bird was seen. 



-f TOTANUS PUGNAX. 



A young Rufi' was obtained on the 19th of August, 



-f Tringa canutus. 



The first Knot was seen on the 6th of July, and on the 

 11th small flocks appeared. On the 14th several examples 

 were shot, and on the 18th more ; but on the 20tli this 

 species became rarer, and is not recorded after the 31st. 



Tringa minuta. 



The Stint recorded under this name appears to have 

 been neither Tringa minuta ruficollis nor Tringa subminuta, 

 as might have been expected, but is determined by Mr. Pieske 

 to have been the western form of the Little Stint. On the 

 other hand, an example from the delta of the Lena and a 

 second from Ustyansk on the delta of the Lena are referred 

 to T. minuta rvficoUis. The Little Stint was first seen on 

 the 16tli of June, and several were shot on the 20th. A 

 nest with four fresh eggs was taken on the 20th, and it is 

 described as having been very common on the 2nd of July. 

 Young in down are recorded on the 24th of July, and young 

 able to fly on the 13th of August. 



