282 Mr. J. A. Harvie Brown on the 



Alexievka and Stanovaya-Lachta (no. 11), or rather nearer 

 the latter. Situated on the east bank. Here there is undula- 

 ting prairie-like tundra with lakes and luxuriant growth in the 

 hollows, of arctic brambles, willow-scrub, dwarf birch, grasses, 

 carices, sorrel, Veratruni album, and wild geranium {vide Ibis, 

 1876, p. 447). 



We stayed here a few hours on June 25th. 



11. Stanovaya-Lachta (N. lat. ?). — 26 miles lower down the 

 river than Alexievka, not far from the promontory of Boluan- 

 skai Noss. This was the old lading-station of the Petchora 

 Timber-trading Company. On the east bank. A few deserted 

 huts, which we made habitable during our short visit. Around, 

 level or undulating tundra, lakes, high banks to the river, and 

 hills of some elevation on either side of the bay and further 

 inland {vide Ibis, 1876, p. 447). 



Stayed here from June 26th to evening of June 28th, and 

 visited it also on July 6th and 30th. 



12. Dvoiiuk (68° 28' N. lat. and about 55° 55'? E. long.).— 

 30 miles from Stanovaya-Lachta along the north-east coast of 

 the fast land. On the coast of the Petchora Gulf north-east 

 of the Boluanskai Bucht. Here, great extent of level tundra, 

 salt-marshes and brackish inlets ; drift-timber ; wrecks of 

 ships 5 sand-dunes and sand-hills, covered with Esparto grass; 

 and rivers. In the distance, 25 versts off, the Pytkoff (five 

 peaks) Mountains {v. Ibis, 1876, p. 297). 



Stayed here from July 22nd to 30th in the hold of a 

 wrecked sloop, which we made very habitable. 



13. Golaievshai Banks (68° 58' N. lat.). — About 54 miles 

 north of Dvoinik, at the entrance of the Petchora Gulf. Here 

 bare, almost level sandbanks, a foot or two above highwater- 

 mark, and of considerable extent. Some said to be grass- 

 covered and of slightly higher elevation {v. Ibis, 1876, p. 295) . 



We stayed here, on the islands nos. 3, 4 (so marked in 

 Admiralty chart), for a few hours on July 13th-14th. 



These thirteen localities are the places at which we did 

 most of our collecting, and where all the species mentioned in 

 the following table were procured. 



I offer this paper not only as a slight contribution towards 

 our knowledge of zoological geography, but also with the idea 

 that if field-naturalists would keep somewhat similar records 

 in other localities, workers at home might be materially 

 assisted in their labours and studies of larger areas. 



I have taken the hint from Mr. Wallace's grand work 

 * The Geographical Distribution of Animals.' In descending 

 from the treatment of orders and families and genera in 

 regions, to species in limited areas or districts, I have found it 

 necessary to employ a few additional symbols, whicli I trust 

 will be found easily intelligible and sufficiently to the point. 



