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_l15. Eudromias morinellus. Dotterel. 



On July 22ud we shot a very beautiful specimen of tliis 

 bird ( ? ), the colouring being decidedly lighter than usual. 

 On the 24'th we took a clutch of three eggs and shot tlie 

 bird {(^) from the nest; the latter was placed on the high 

 part of an island at the head of Belootcha Bay. 



-/16. Strepsilas interpres. Turnstone. 



We shot one or two specimens and also took young in 

 down. These birds were only observed by us on South 

 Goose-land. 



17. Tringa striata. Purple Sandpiper. 



Not numerous in any one place, but to be seen in all the 

 parts we visited. Several appeared to be breeding, though we 

 failed to discover the eggs or young. We watched one bird 

 for three-quarters of an hour in a storm of sleet, without 

 getting it to settle, and it afterwards went before us for over 

 a mile, behaving all the time as if Ave were close to the nest. 

 This was the only species of the genus Tringa we saw ; and 

 we expect the Snipe &c. mentioned by some voyagers as 

 being observed in Novaya Zemlya were really the Purple 

 Sandpiper. As we never saw a mosquito in this country, and 

 as insect-life appeared to be much less abundant than on 

 Kolguev and in Russian Lapland, it seems probable that the 

 Dunlin, Stints, &c. rarely go farther north than Waigatz. 

 In most of the lists of birds observed in Novaya Zemlya no 

 distinction is made between those from Waigatz and those 

 from the south island of Novaya Zemlya. We were only 

 able to visit a very small portion of the country, and so it is 

 quite possible there may be breeding-places in more suitable 

 localities. 



18. Sterna macrura. Arctic Tern. 



A few seen on the ice about eight miles from land, July 3rd. 



-19. RissA tri dactyl A. Kittiwake. 

 Seen at same place, July 3rd. 



20, Larus glaucus. Glaucous Gull. 



Several pairs of these Gulls were seen and some spcci- 



