24 uJij* Waxbltx 



Pin-tail Duck Northern Phalarope 



Old Squaw European Red-Shank 

 Harlequin Duck {Tutanus calidris) 



Golden Eye Spotted Sandpiper 



No kind of Geese, or any species of Eiders were observed. I never saw a 

 Kittiwake on the coast of Alaska — neither any other species of Gulls but 

 those two mentioned on the list. The rocky coast and hilly country around 

 Avutcha Bay was naturally a poor locality for shore birds. The vegetation 

 alono- the high, weather-beaten coast is confined to a dwarfed sort of pine, 

 that grows in shape of bushes in the grooves of the steep rocks. In more 

 sheltered places, however, alder and cottoriwood grow thick and along 

 the valleys in the interior heavy forests of larch-trees cover a large portion 

 of the country. 



Here I had the pleasure to renew my acquaintance with my old friend 

 the Cock of the Woods [Titrao urog alius) the proud king of the Partridge 

 family. This species is quite common throughout the forested parts of 

 Kamchatka while the Willow Ptarmigan is common all over the country. 

 The loud, melodious song of the Kamchatkan Cuckoo was heard June 

 5, and at that time most of the migrators had arrived. Perching birds shot 

 for ni}' collection were of the following few species: 



Black Wagtail {ftfotacilla tugens) Kamchatkan Magpie 



Siberian Yellow Wagtail Kamchatkan Raven 



Gustavis Pipit {Anthus gustavi) Black CrQW 



Chloris smica kawarahiba {Corvus corone orientaUs comeille) 



Kamchatkan Purple Finch _ . . 



■ ■ • , v Nutcracker (Auafra«a caryocatactes) 



(Carpodacus rosea) v 



Kamchatkan Willow Bunting Osprey 



(Emberiza rmticaP) Rough-legged Hawk 

 Our stay at Petropaulovski was not to be quite so long as I expected. 

 With a steamer that called at the town and was bound to Anadir Bay for 

 salmon-fishing, I arranged a passage— and left the place on June 21. The 

 state of ice along the northern coasts proved to be exceptionally bad this 

 year. Already at Karaginski Island we met tight pack-ice and the ship 

 had to seek shelter at Tymlot river, N. E. Kamchatka, for five days. The 

 surroundings of the river consisted of tundras, to the north of which a' big 

 lagoon about five miles across was situated, separated from the sea by an 

 equal long, narrow sandspit. A few shore birds were found here : 



Kamchatkan Oystercatcher Pacific Dunlin 



Mongolian Plover Limonites ruficollis. 



Northern Phalarope 



Fresh eggs were found of Arctic Tern, Red-throated and Gustavis Pipits 

 and Lapland Longspur. 



