CHAPTER VI. 



The birds of Golcliika — Seebohm — Popham — The eflFect of the season — 

 The curlew-sandpiper — The grey phalarope — The red-necked 

 phalarope — The little stint — The Temminck's stint. 



Although Golchika is such a small and remote place, 

 we have three more or less exact lists of the birds that 

 breed there in the summer. To these my own notes 

 may make a fourth. The first is that of Seebohm in 

 1877. Owing to various accidents he did not reach 

 Golchika until 17th July, by which time, of course, the 

 birds were hatched out, and he only spent six days in 

 the place. The most notable species that he mentions 

 are the little stint, the Eastern golden plover, and the 

 rock ptarmigan. 



The next account is that of Mr. Popham in 1895.^ 

 Mr. Popham reached Golchika on 7th July, nearly a 

 fortnight earlier than Seebohm. He records the little 

 stint, grey phalarope, rock ptarmigan, bar-tailed godwit, 

 pomatorhine skua, grey plover, and Eastern golden 

 plover. The third account is also that of Mr. Popham 

 in 1897." He reached Golchika on 29th June, and 

 three days later proceeded down the river as far as the 

 Krestovskiy Islands, where he was lucky enough to 



1 Ibis, 1897, vol. iii. 



* Ihis, 1898, vol. iv. 

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