FROM MEKITZA TO KUYA ON A BOSPOSKI. 



CHAPTEE XXIII. 



Results of the trip Summer in the Arctic regions Circumpolar birds Birds 

 confined to the eastern hemisphere Various ranges of birds Migration of 

 birds Dates of arrival Probable route Conclusion. 



THE results of our somewhat adventurous journey exceeded 

 our most sanguine hopes. 



Of the half-dozen British birds, the discovery of whose 

 breeding-grounds had baffled the efforts of our ornithologists 

 for so long, we succeeded in bringing home identified eggs 

 of three the grey plover, the little stint, and Bewick's swan. 

 Of the remaining three, two, the sanderling and the knot, 

 were found breeding by Captain Fielden, in lat. 82, during 

 the Nares Arctic expedition, but the breeding-grounds of 



