. British birds. Birds. VOL. XV.] BREEUING-IIABITS OF TURNSTONE. 173 June 3rd-8th and another nest would undoubtedly have been found but for the blunder of one of our assistants. The Presqu'ile de Rennes, which forms the western littoral of Liefde Bay, consists of barren tundra and stone-covered wastes with a few scattered tarns inland, round which we saw Grey Phalaropes, Sanderlings [Crocethia alba) and the Purple Sandpiper [Erolia marUima). No vegetation occurs beyond the two types of dwarf willow (about an inch in height) and saxifrages, Dryas, etc. For the most part the Presqu'ile de Renne
. British birds. Birds. VOL. XV.] BREEUING-IIABITS OF TURNSTONE. 173 June 3rd-8th and another nest would undoubtedly have been found but for the blunder of one of our assistants. The Presqu'ile de Rennes, which forms the western littoral of Liefde Bay, consists of barren tundra and stone-covered wastes with a few scattered tarns inland, round which we saw Grey Phalaropes, Sanderlings [Crocethia alba) and the Purple Sandpiper [Erolia marUima). No vegetation occurs beyond the two types of dwarf willow (about an inch in height) and saxifrages, Dryas, etc. For the most part the Presqu'ile de Rennes consists of stones. Off the Peninsula lie two or three groups of islands—the Station Islands, the Canards and the Mouettes. On all these islands we found the Turnstone breeding. T propose to deal not with each individual site and the behaviour of each pair of birds, but with the various (such. SKETCH-M.\P 1. Feilden. 2. Holboll. 3. Manniche. SHEWING BREEDING RANGE GREY PH, 4. Slater. 7. Naurnann. 5. Jourdain. 8. Anderson. 6. Collett. 9. Trevor-Battye. Turn stone Grey Phalarope TURNSTONE AND 10. Pophain. Pearson. 11. Walter. Middendorf. 12. Witherby. as they were) types of site and to make some general remarks on the breeding Turnstones of this region, supporting these by such individual instances as are necessary. The first site was on an island and the nest contained three eggs. The island was about a hundred yards long by about fifty broad and was absolutely devoid of cover, save for two large boulders. It was occupied by Arctic Terns {Sterna paradises a) and Grey Phalaropes. As soon as we saw the bird we lay down at one end of the island. The bird flew from one boulder over the nest to the edge of the water beyond it several times uttering the attack note. Then it became silent and gradually ran close to the nest and finally right on to the eggs from which we flushed it. The eggs were some twenty paces from the sea either way and were on the point of hatching. A
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