20 BIRDS OF IVIGTUl. 



The easiest method of getting within shooting distance of a 

 flock is by hiding behind a snow-bank, near the edge of the 

 ice, where they congregate. 



PURPLE SANDPIPER. 



TBINGA HABIHIHA. 



Common on the shores of Arsuk fjord from the beginning 

 of October throughout the winter. As I have observed some 

 examples in the same locality during summer, they may 

 have nested in the vicinity. 



PECTORAL SANDPIPER. 



TBIN6A MACULAIA. 



In the autumn of 1886 I obtained one skin of this species, 

 that had been taken at Frederickshaab. It is now in the 

 zoological museum at Copenhagen. 



WHIMBREL. 



HUMENIUS PHiEOPTJS. 



One was shot at Arsuk May 25, 1887 ; I also obtained tlie 

 skin of one shot at Ivigtut a few years before. 



AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER. 

 CHARADBinS SOMINICTrS. 



I obtained the skin of one shot at Frederickshaab in the 

 autumn of 1886, and gave it to the zoological museum at 

 Copenhagen. 



