CHAP. XIII. 



BIRDS. 



We occasionally saw one or two common gulls, and one 

 pair of Siberian herring-gulls. In addition to the above- 

 mentioned birds, we frequently saw others that we were yet 

 unable fully to identify. Thus, we often came upon large 

 sand-pipers on the marsh, whose cry was like that of the 

 redshank ; they were probably the dusky redshank. The 

 breast was black and the rump barred. We also saw a large 

 flock of ducks, of a heavy species, flying overhead, which we 

 put down to be the eider-duck. 



In the woods and forests of Habariki, we did not once 

 meet with the raven, the bullfinch, or yellow-hammer ; nor 

 with any species of pipit or lark. 



OLD RUSSIAN SILVER CROSS. 



