observed in the Kola Peninsula. 
481 
bird was a female, and was shot while singing- at the top of 
a pine-tree near Bella Guba on the shores of the Imandra. 
Pleske records a few from Kandalax and the Imandra. 
LanIUS EXCUBITOR. 
The only Shrike seen was a bird of this species in some 
birch-scrub near Kola. 
[Pleske has a few records of Ampelis garrulus from the 
Imandra and from Kandalax.] 
Muscicapa atricapilla. 
We saw only one pair of Pied Flycatchers, and shot the 
female, among some pine-trees on the south shore of the 
Imandra. 
[Pleske records this species from the Imandra (Mela) ; 
also M. grisola from the Imandra and Kandalax.] 
Chelidon urbica. 
One House-Martin was observed at Kandalax, and a good 
many at Kola, where they were nesting on the houses. 
Cotile riparia. 
The only examples of the Sand-Martin seen were a few 
near Kola. 
[Pleske has a record of Chrysornitris spinus from Kitsa 
(Enwaid).] 
[According to Pleske, Middendorff, and Lawrow, Passer 
domesticus is not found in Kandalax ; Mela, however, 
observed it there and mentions it as rare. T. Nitzen found 
one specimen in Kola. We did not see a single Sparrow 
anywhere on our route.] 
Fringilla ccelebs. 
One pair only of Chaffinches was observed near Kandalax. 
Pleske has a doubtful record of F. coelebs from the same 
locality, and mentions that Nitzen killed a male in Kola. 
Fringilla montifringilla. 
The Brambling Avas common from Kandalax to Kola. 
Linota linaria. 
Mealy Redpolls were very common among the stunted 
birch-trees about Ekaterina. Of three nests found on August 
