observed in the Kola Peninsula. 
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Totanus fuscus. 
A pair of Dusky Redshanks on a small marsh near Raz- 
Navolok, on July 18th, were the first met with. We afterwards 
found a good many on several marshes near the Pulozero. 
These birds were invariably wild, and all those we shot were 
males. 
Doubtless we were too late for eggs, and after prolonged 
searching we had to relinquish the idea of finding either 
eggs or young. A pair which I watched amid a swarm of 
mosquitoes for an hour or more were exceedingly wary. 
Perching on the tops of the pine-trees, they kept up an 
incessant rattle of alarm whenever I was in view. This 
alarm-cry was composed of a single note very rapidly and 
loudly repeated a number of times, and was uttered both on 
the wing and when perched. When I was in hiding the 
birds became silent, but the slightest movement on my part 
was signalled by the alarm “ rattle.” The call-note of the 
bird is a plaintive pipe, somewhat like that of the Golden 
Plover, but sharper. 
[Pleske obtained young birds near Kola on August 12th, 
and saw three birds at Zasheech on July 16th, 1880.] 
Totanus canescens. 
Like the Wood-Sandpiper, the Greenshank was to be 
found, a pair here and there, on nearly every piece of marsh 
from Kandalax to Kola. The birds were invariably wild 
and exceedingly difficult to approach. Chicks of about a 
week old were found on July 22nd near the Pulozero. 
Limosa lapponica. 
A pair or two of Bar-tailed Godwits were found on most 
of the larger marshes near the Imandra and the Pulozero, 
and we also saw a small flock of mature birds in Kola Bay 
on July29th. On July 16th and again on July 22nd we found 
broods of four each, of about a week old. In each case the 
young ones seemed to be attended only by the male bird, 
which was very bold and often swooped straight over our 
heads and then retired to the top of a pine, calling loudly all 
the while. In one case the male bird tried to entice us away 
