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Harrier rose within beautiful range whilst we were after 

 the Plovers. 



About 6 p.m. we arrived at Goletz. We went along 

 the shore, finding two Ducks' nests and eggs, which we 

 left for the present. We found nests and eggs of Arctic 

 Terns, one with three eggs, some with slight nests, and 

 some without. We also found three nests of Terek 

 Sandpipers, one of a Gull, and one nest of five Mealy 

 Eedpoll. We shot a Stint and three of the Gulls. We 

 made a big fire on the sand amongst the bent grass, and 

 were very comfortable at tea. We then turned in and 

 slept well in a log hut. 



Goletz is a level island, sandy around its edges, covered 

 with bent, and a low ridge of sand runs all along the 

 coast-line. The interior is marshy, with long reeds 

 interspersed with large spaces of red-coloured grass, upon 

 which a flock of Grey Geese were feeding, and innumer- 

 able ducks rose out of the reed-beds. More inland and 

 westward wood begins, but this is a part we must leave 

 for another trip. Koombush Ostrov and other islands in 

 the vicinity are all heavily wooded. 



June 23. 



On Sunday, the 23rd of June, Piottuch took me to a 

 RufFs nest, which was simply a hollow in the sand 

 amongst long grass lined with finer grass. Temminck's 

 Stints were numerous around, and constantly rising in 

 the air or hovering, with raised wings, about 15 feet 

 from the ground. We also found the nest of Ringed 

 Plover, 



On rising this morning I went to the Ducks' nests, 

 but the birds were not on. I shot, however, a Shoveller 

 from another nest of eight, in which nest was no down. 

 The other two nests we took, down and all, and have little 

 doubt they were Pintails. 



