and the North-east Coast of Iceland. 
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young and three pairs of Sclavonian Grebes, One of these 
birds appeared to be sitting on a nest in the grass at the 
edge of the locb, but the water was too deep for me to make 
certain. 
Farther up the valley I came upon a large tract of marshy 
ground which w r as teeming with wildfowl. There were a 
great many Scaups and Wigeons with young, large flocks of 
Teal, a few Mallards, Dunlins, Red-throated Divers, Red¬ 
shanks, and, I think it would be no exaggeration to say. 
Text-fig. 4. 
Eyjafjord, 
hundreds of Red-necked Phalaropes. I also saw two Long¬ 
tailed Ducks. On the high ground above the marsh were 
numbers of Whimhrel, Golden Plovers, a few Ringed 
Plovers, and many Wheatears. I should have said (judging 
from my experience in Fair Isle) that the Wheatears certainly 
did not belong to the larger race, but as I did not shoot any 
I am unable to prove it. 
