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Capt. H. W. Feilden on the Birds observed 
-f~7. .ZEgialitis hiaticula. Ringed Plover. 
Only a single example of this species was observed in Smith 
Sound. It was obtained 4th August, 1875, on the beach 
bordering the valley of the Twin glacier, in Buchanan Strait 
(lat. 78° 48' N.). My attention was drawn to the bird by 
its note; and I then observed it threading its way among 
the stones and stranded blocks of ice near the water’s edge* 
It was probably nesting in the neighbourhood, as it proved 
on examination to be a female, with the feathers worn off 
the underparts from incubation. 
<f-8. Calidris arenaria. Sanderling. 
I first observed this species in Grinnell Land on the 5th 
June, 1876, flying in company with Knots and Turnstones; 
at this date it was feeding, like the other W aders, on the buds 
of Saxifraga oppositifolia. This' bird was by no means abun¬ 
dant along the coasts of Grinnell Land; but I observed several 
pairs in the aggregate, and found a nest of this species con¬ 
taining two eggs, in lat. 82° 33* N., on 24th June, 1876. 
This nest, from which I killed the male bird, was placed on 
a gravel ridge, at an altitude of several hundred feet above 
the sea; and the eggs were deposited in a slight depression 
in the centre of a recumbent plant of arctic willow, the lining 
of the nest consisting of a few withered leaves and some of the 
last year’s catkins. 8th August, 1876, along the shores of 
Robeson Channel, I saw several parties of young ones, three 
to four in number, following their parents, and led by the 
old birds, searching most diligently for insects. At this date 
they were in a very interesting stage of plumage, being just 
able to fly, but retaining some of the down on their feathers. 
_p9. Phalaropus fulicarius. Grey Phalarope. 
I obtained an example of this species, a female, near our 
wunter-quarters (lat. 82° 27* N.) on the 30th June 1876; and 
during the month of July I observed a pair on a small fresh¬ 
water pond in lat. 82° 30* N. ; they were apparently breeding. 
The female of this species is larger and brighter-coloured than 
the male bird. Several other examples were observed in the 
neighbourhood of our winter-quarters by various members 
of the expedition. 
