the Birds of the Lower Petchora. 291 
were bluish grey instead of brown. There was a distinct 
white superciliary streak over each eye, extending down each 
side of the neck and almost meeting on the forehead. The 
feathers on the crown of the head, on the back, including 
the bastard wings, and on the tail were richly edged with 
rufous ochre. The red on the neck was entirely wanting ; and 
the dusky band across the breast was broader and faded almost 
imperceptibly into the white of the belly. The soft and flex- 
ible bill certainly indicates immature birds ; but, on the other 
hand, the fact that we caught three young in down, only 
recently hatched, on the same day, and shot several adult 
birds in the moult about the same time, and obtained most 
of our fresh eggs of this species between 20th June and 4th 
July, points to an early assumption of the winter plumage of 
adult birds. 
Toranus crortis (L.). 
We first identified the Greenshank at Ust Zylma by its 
well-known note, and saw it flying high overhead. This was 
on the 19th May, when the snow still lay deep in the woods 
but was disappearing from the higher parts of the meadows 
along the course of the river Zylma. We afterwards found 
it abundant at Habariki, frequenting the large marsh im the 
forest behind the village, and the sides of the numerous pools 
and marshy hollows which are there found through the woods. 
We obtained eggs at Habariki on the 11th June. We did 
not again meet with the species to the northward. 
ToTANUS GLAREOLA (L.). 
The first Wood-Sandpipers were shot by us at Ust Zylma 
on the 26th May. They were frequenting the pools in the 
middle of the town, and were exceedingly tame, allowing us 
to approach within a few yards of them. They were very 
common at Habariki, and we shot specimens, which had 
perched on the tops of the high dead larches, quite 70 feet 
from the ground. Northward they became scarcer ; and be- 
tween Abramoff and Alexievka we lost sight of them altogether. 
Later, however, on the tundra we found a few pairs, and 
obtained the young at Vassilkova. We did not see any 
further north than Stanavoialachta. 










