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was accompanied by his brother Mr. Charles Pearson, and 

 unfortunately " hit upon the worst season that had been 

 experienced in the North for more than forty years " — the 

 country inside the Arctic Circle at the end of May being 

 still under deep snow. The localities examined on this 

 expedition were the Pechinga River and the islands in the 

 gulf of the same name. On July 3rd an encampment was 

 established on the north side of Pechinga Lake, and the 

 surrounding district was at once closely investigated. At 

 the close of this expedition a fortnight later, it Mas found 

 that in spite of the unfortunate season the two brothers had 

 met with 76 species of birds, and had obtained the eggs of 

 1 [■ of them. 



In the excursion of 11)01, the author took his son 

 Mr. Hetley Pearson as a companion, and selected the 

 Kanin Peninsula on the eastern shore of the White Sea as a 

 suitable spot for his main operations. After landing again 

 in Pechinga Bay, where, on May 27th, they found Heno 

 Island covered with snow, they proceeded to Kildin Island 

 on the Murman coast and, after a short halt, to Sviatoi Nos, 

 the only good harbour near to the opposite coast of Kanin, 

 where, in view of the bad weather and the lateness of the 

 season, it was resolved to stop a little. At Lutui up the 

 Ukanskoe River a camp was formed, from which excursions 

 were made until June :20th, when, the weather improving, 

 it was found possible to land on the Kanin coast at the 

 mouth of a river about 42 miles south of Kanin. Here was 

 an open and deserted country, tenanted only by occasional 

 wandering Samoyeds, but good for birds. An " enjoyable 

 time " was passed, and many good nests were obtained. A 

 short landing was subsequently effected on Korga Island 

 at the N.E. corner of the peninsula of Kanin, and a very 

 large colony of Glaucous Gulls (Lotus glaucus) was found 

 breeding on the sand-dunes there. The departure for 

 England took place on July 15th. 



The third expedition to Russian Lapland was in 1903, 

 when it was resolved to see more of the interior of the 

 country, the former expeditions having been mostly confined 



