422 Br. E. Hartert on Birds from 



12. Pavoncblla pugnax (L.). 



Trinya pugnax Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 148 (1758 

 " Habitat in Europa minus boreali." Typical loc. Sweden : 

 ex ' Fauna Succica/ 145). 



3 ? ad. Mouth of Lena River, 12. vii. 1908. (Nob. 268, 

 269, 270.) 



Besides some variation in the coloration of the upper 

 surface (one specimen being less black than the other two), 

 there is a remarkable difference in the colour of the legs 

 and feet : one has them " a blend of blue and yellowish 

 green " (slaty black in skin) ; one " delicate flesh " with 

 black patches in front (whitish with black patches in skin) ; 

 one entirely uniform "delicate flesh" (whitish in skin). 



The occurrence of this Sandpiper so far north in Siberia 

 is remarkable. 



13. Tkinga temminckii Leisl. 



Trinya temminckii Leisler, Nachtr. zu Bechstein's Naturg. 

 Deutschl. i. pp. 63-73 (1812 : on the Main in Germany)*. 



S $ ^ ad. Bulun and Miankiaria, 7, 8, 22. vii. 1903. 

 Nestlings from the same places. Adults : " Legs pale horn- 

 coloured, tending to nutty brown. Bill brownish black. Iris 

 dark." Nestlings : " Bill brownish black, legs pale bluish, 

 eyes dark." (Nos. 199 to 203, 231 to 235, 247, 323 to 327.) 



[The first specimen seen was among the willows at 

 Bulun on July 6th. It was alone and feeding among butter- 

 cups in the mud. There was not the slightest fear of me 

 shown as I walked up to it in the broad light of a real and a 

 mock sun at 9.30 p.m. On July 7th, with the thermometer 

 at 3° R., I walked along a muddy beach and saw only 

 two birds. In a few moments one, a male, gracefully 

 nestled over two young Stints to soothe them. Almost at 

 once he flapped a yard away to a second couple and warmed 

 them in the same manner. Suddenly he appeared to go 

 into convulsions, and tried to lure me away by his pretended 

 struggles. Not succeeding, he returned again to the young, 



* The quotation, as above given, is correct, while in the Cat. B. xxiv. 

 p. 555, it is erroneous. 



