observed in the Kola Peninsula. 
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the bird. Near Kola I put up in thick birch-scrub a large 
dark bird, which was certainly not a Capercaillie, but by its 
flight and general appearance seemed to be a Blackcock.] 
Charadrius pluvialis. 
On all the marshes from the Imandra to Ekaterina the 
Golden Plover was met with, and often very plentifully. 
We found eggs much incubated on July 15th. 
iEGIALITIS HIATICULA. 
Ringed Plovers were fairly common at Kandalax, along 
. the shores of the Imandra, and at Kola. 
Eudromias morinellus. 
There were a few Dotterels on the stony hills about Eka¬ 
terina, but we saw them nowhere else on our route. The 
young of a brood found on August 3rd were still partially 
covered with down and could scarcely fly. 
Strepsilas interpres. 
A few Turnstones inhabited the islands in Kandalax Bay. 
A nest under a stone a few yards from the water contained 
four fresh eggs on July 6th. We saw a small flock in Kola 
Bay on July 29th. 
Mas Mato pus ostralegus. 
Oyster-catchers were common and breeding on the islands 
in Kandalax Bay. We also saw a few on the shores of the 
Kola Fjord. 
Phalaropus hyperboreus. 
A couple of Red-necked Phalaropes, shot on July 16th on 
a marsh near Raz-Navolok on the Imandra, w r ere perhaps 
breeding. A few were also seen in Kola Bay. 
Gallinago ccelestis. 
A couple of Snipe which must have belonged to this 
| species inhabited a marsh near Raz-Navolok. We were, 
however, unable either to shoot the birds or to discover their 
eggs or young. 
[Pleske obtained one specimen near Kola, and records it 
from Kandalax (Mela).] 
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