the Banks- of the Lena River. 423 



which were lying with chins closely placed upon the ground. 

 His mate was not to be seen. In a second case observed 

 on July 9th, the male was in charge of the young, and 

 what I took to be the female was seen only twice far over- 

 head, sending its penetrating note to the. male beneath. By 

 making a careful survey of the ground Ave found the four 

 young lying perfectly still, and agreeing in colour with their 

 environment. As the male passed over the young several 

 times he varied his notes of counsel to them. Although 

 but very recently hatched, they kept quite still for thirty- 

 five minutes, during which time we successfully photographed 

 them. This was at 1 o'clock a.m., with an F. 32 stop, an 

 ordinary plate, 15 seconds' exposure, and the sun behind a 

 hill. On July 26th I saw the first Mock of eight to ten 

 young abroad, GO miles below Verlouis. Between Ustkutsk 

 and Vitun, August 14, several little families of five or six 

 were on the wing. We saw one bird cleverly evade two 

 Falcons by a series of dives into the river, and another 

 escape in the weeds of the river-bank.] 



14. Tringa acuminata (Horsf.). 



Tringa acuminatus Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 192 

 (1821: Java). 



? ad. Mouth of Lena River, 12. vii. 1903. (No. 271.) 

 " Bill blackish blue, basal third dull deep yellow. Legs 

 yellowish, eyes brown. ' ; 



15. Tringa alpina L. 



Tringa alpina Linnseus, Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 149 (1758: 

 " Lapponia"). 



S ad. Mouth of Lena River, 12. vii. 1903. (No. 272.) 



16. Gallinago gallinago (L.). 



Scolopax gallinago Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 147 

 (1758 : " Habitat in Europa." Typical loc. Sweden, ex 

 ' Fauna Suecica/ 14:3). 



$ ad. Near Yakutsk, on the Lena River, 22. vi. 1903. 



The occurrence so far east is interesting. (No. 129.) 



[In the swampy country some twenty miles west of 

 Yakutsk, I secured on June 22nd a specimen that appeared 



