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legs and feet of a pale orange-colour ; in the adult they are of 

 a dull olive-green. The full-grown birds of the year retain 

 the yellowish margins of the feathers of the upper parts. 



Obs. — In the museum are specimens of Limosa rufa and L. 

 agocephala. The latter appears remarkable for its great 

 size — its dimensions in English inches being, tarsus 3*8, tibia 

 nearly 2'8, middle toe 2- 12, bill 4'87, wing from carpal 

 joint 9-8. 



70. Philomachus pugnax. Ruffs and Reeves were very 

 abundant, especially on the outer islands. We obtained eggs 

 on the 22nd and 26th of June, nests having been found both 

 in marshy ground and in sand amongst bent. Young birds 

 with slight traces of down remaining on the neck were obtained 

 on the night of 16th-17th July. 



71. Tringa subarquata. We bought a Curlew Sandpiper 

 in full summer plumage in the Archangel market on the 18th 

 of June, but did not meet with it on the islands. 



72. Tringa minuta. One Little Stint in full summer 

 plumage was shot on the 21st of June, on an island where 

 numbers of the next species were nesting. We searched dili- 

 gently in the hope of finding it breeding, and identified every 

 nest we could find, but failed in discovering another specimen 

 of the rarer species. 



73. Tringa temmincki. This pretty little Wader is plen- 

 tiful on the outer delta, and breeds also sparingly on some of 

 the inner islands. On the 28th of June we took several nests 

 of eggs, much incubated, shooting the birds from four of 

 them ; two of these incubating birds proved on dissection to 

 be males. 



We had good opportunities of observing the interesting 

 habits of Temminck's Stint, and especially of the way in which 

 it rises and hovers with raised wings about 15 feet from the 

 ground, uttering at the same time a low trilling note. This 

 habit was well known to our boatmen ; and Nikolai, when he 

 wished to indicate this species to us, would hold out his arms, 

 vibrating the fingers, and imitating the cry of the bird to 

 perfection. 



