Birds observed in Kamchatka. 
295 
Harelda hyemalis (Linn,)* 
No. 46. $ juv., Petropavlovsk {Mr. JacobJeff). 
No. 47. ditto. 
CEdemia carbo (Pallas). 
No. 48. adult, Petropavlovsk (Mr. Jacobleff ). This 
species is, I think, an addition to the Kamchatka list. 
f- Heniconetta stelleri (Pallas). 
No. 49. <$ adult, also two very young birds in an interesting- 
stage of plumage, in which the speculum is just beginning to 
show. 
Somateria spectabilis (Linn.). 
Nos. 50-51. (7 and pull., Karaginski Island, August 23, 
1897. Colour (of £) of bill dull yellow of many shades 
and complicated arrangement, the exact tints varying in 
different places ; of interior of mouth pale flesh; of iris 
light yellow ; of legs and feet yellow, except the webs and 
the soles of the feet, which were dark ; of claws horn. 
Dr. Stejneger does not seem to have obtained a specimen 
of this species in Kamchatka, but it is mentioned by Steller, 
Pallas, and Taczanowski. 
y~ Mergus albellus Linn. 
No. 52. 9 , Petropavlovsk, autumn of 1897 {Mr .Jacobleff). 
Urogallus parvirostris kamtschatikus (Kittlitz). 
Nos. 53-54. 2 $, both in the moult, Petropavlovsk, 
August 14, 1897. 
Lagopus rupestris (Gm.). 
No. 55. £ (!), Karaginski Island, about August 20, 1897. 
No. 56. One unsexed, Karaginski Island, August 23, 1897. 
“The Ptarmigan found in the mountains of the peninsula 
has not been satisfactorily determined. It would be no 
surprise if it should prove to be distinct. It is pretty safe 
to say, however, that it is not typical mutus So wrote 
Dr. Stejneger {op. cit. p. 319) ; but Mr. Ogilvie Grant, who 
kindly examined my birds for me, does not believe in the 
