and the Xorth-east Coast of Iceland. 3 



eggs ill it, but most of the young birds were able to fly. 

 Hundreds of Aictie Terns were breeding all over the island 

 and I found boili nests and eggs. Eider-Dueks were very 

 al)nndant and tame. A great many of them had taken their 

 families down to the sea^ but some were still sitting, and one 

 of tlie first inluibitants I spoke to was collecting doAvn. Tlie 

 natives are on such good terms with the birds that they can 

 sti'okc them on their nests. 



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Bird's-eve \its\v uf Ciriiu-ey, .Nht^wiiii;- tyiiicul liiiiiiinL'cky ^roiiiid. 



Every little tarn is inhabited by at least one pair of 

 Red-necked Phalaropes and often by three or four pairs. 



The White Wagtail was breeding there, as I saw both 

 adults and young birds. Dunlins and Kinged Plovers in 

 pairs also frequented these small lochs. Unfortunately 

 during the first day of my visit there was very thick log, 

 which prevented my seeing twenty yards ahead of me, but my 

 sense c.f smell always told me when I was a[)i)roaching the 

 elitts. Practicaliv the whole of the coast-line is the resort 



