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-f-30. HiEMATOPUs osTRALEGUs. Ojster-catcher. 

 Seen on one island. 



-|-31. Phalaropus hyperboreus. Red-necked Plialarope. 



Fairly common in suitable localities. Three nests were 

 obtained (four, three, four eggs respectively). 



32. Gallinago major. Great Snipe. 



A bird was flushed from its nest (four eggs) at the edge of a 

 willow-swamp near Lake Ukanskoe, but unfortunately we 

 failed to secure it. The nest was placed on a tussock of 

 coarse grass. 



33. Tringa minuta. Little Stint. 



Two birds of this species were shot on the shore when we 

 first landed ; they proved to be male and female, but on dis- 

 section they did not appear to be breeding. These were the 

 only ones we saw. 



34. Tringa temmincki. Temminck's Stint. 



Fairly plentiful, both round the village of Lutni and on 

 the islands in Lake Ukanskoe. We found a number of nests, 

 the eggs in which were nearly fresh, and shot three birds 

 from the nests {<$ ? S)- 



i 35. Helodromas ochropus. Green Sandpiper. 



We saw about 20 of these birds one night, but could not 

 find their eggs. In a female we shot, the eggs were only 

 beginning to pass down the oviduct, so the species appears 

 to be a late breeder. 



■^ 36. ToTANUS CALiDRis. Rcdshauk. 



Two pairs were seen, and one clutch of four incubated eggs 

 taken. 



'I 37. Sterna macrura. Arctic Tern. 



Fairly numerous on one of the islands, where they were 

 breeding. Three clutches of three eggs were obtained, but 

 most of the birds had two or only one egg. 



I 38. Larus canus. Common Gull. 

 Numerous. They were breeding on one of the outer 



