28 



Mr. J. A. Harvie Brown on the 



(43) Larus minutuSy Pall. No. 241 in Table. 



In the Table I have entered this species on the authority 

 of Lilljeborg and Meves. Herr Meves relates that though 

 he had no opportunity of visiting the locality near the fort at 

 Archangel, he saw two skins of specimens shot there by Herr 

 Iversen. In 1872 Alston and myself had no opportunity 

 of visiting this locality, except in passing, and we could 

 not gain any satisfactory evidence of their presence there. 

 My impression is, that evidence is wanting of their occurring 

 and breeding every year. It seemed also not to be known 

 to the natives. 



(44) {Sterna Jluviatilisy Naum.) No number. 



Auct. Lilljeborg, who gives it as common at Archangel. 

 I cannot find any other record ; and as he includes Sterna 

 arctica, Temm. { = St. hirundo, L. partim, vide Mr. H. 

 Saunders on the Sterninee, P. Z. S., June 1876, p. 650, =Sl 

 macrura, Naum.), as only frequenting Skui'etzkaia in Kola, 

 whereas it is abundant on the outer islands of the Dvina delta, 

 I think some confusion must have arisen, and that the occur- 

 rence of St . fluviatilis y Naum., requires further confirmation. 



SUMMAEY OF DISTRIBUTION TabLE IN DISTRICTS (UP TO 



date) . 



(Spaces are left in the columns for future summaries,} 



♦ As before mentioned, I have avoided for the present much criticism 

 of the records" in the N. W. district, owing to the incompleteness of our 

 present data. 



