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And the tundra, the locality ? Later we will attempt 

 to describe it. 



Simeon coming up, again having left on a search for 

 another nest, caught the fourth young one of the other bird. 



Seebohmhad come up some time before, and we all four 

 sat echoing the sentiments uppermost in our thoughts at the 

 time ' Tres bonne chose.' 'Bravo, Piottuch.' ' Just 

 a little Dunlin all over,' and the nestlings, little Dunlins 

 too, red, not grey like the young of Temminck's Stint. 



Both old birds were shot, the bird of the nest with the 

 eggs, and the bird of the four young. 



The turf, a foot square, holding the nest, was cut out 

 carefully with a knife, and the mass, including the Arctic 

 Bramble plants, the yellow spongy moss, and the tuft 

 of round-stemmed green grass, placed carefully in a red 

 silk handkerchief with a bit of cloth rolled up and put in 

 the nest. The three old birds were put in paper bags and 

 the bags carefully numbered 1, 2, and 3 (with two young, 

 four eggs, and four young respectively).* 



* The following is a List of the Plants that we found growing on 

 the tundras at the breeding-places of the Little Stint and Grey Plover 

 which was named for us by Professor A. Dickson, of Glasgow 

 University, and Mr. John Sadler, Vice- Secretary, Eoyal Botanical 

 Society, Edinburgh : 



No. No. 



1. Erioplioron vaginatum. 14. Diapensia lapponica. 



2. Eriophoron polystachyon, 15. Viola palustris. 



var. latifolium. 16. Ranunculus auricomus. 



3. Equisetum variegatum. 17. Polemonium pulchellum. 



4. Vaccinium vitis-idcea. 18. Trientalis sp. ? 



5. Carex hyperborea. 19. Dnjas integrifolia. 



6. Salix glauca ? 20. Sedum palustre. 



7. Vaccinium oxy coccus. 21. Pedicularis hirsuta. 



8. Carex rariflora. 22. Geranium sylvaticum. 



9. Polygonum viviparum. 23. Draba sp. ? 



10. Carex sp. 24. Andromeda polifolia. 



11. Parnassia palustris. 25. Cortusa matthioli. 



12. Astragalus sp. ? 26. Sphagnum sp. ? 



13. Eubus arcticus. 



