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Falco vespertimis, L. Is very common in the birch woods and 

 groves in the south-eastern parts of the Ekaterinburg and 

 Shadrinsk districts, and does not appear to occur here north of 

 the first-named town. Bashk,, Si. 



The Ural Expedition did not find it on the western decHvity 

 liigher tlian 58° N. lat. ("Das nordliche Ural," etc. Supplement, 

 p. 61). TeplouhofF informs me that this species is abundant in 

 58° N". lat,, and probably breeds there. According to MejakofF 

 it is not scarce in the south-west of the Government of Vologda, 

 and Lilljeborg (' Naumannia,' Band II., Theil ii.) states that he 

 observed it in large woods on the Dwina, and that it is very 

 plentiful about Kargopol.'^ 



Falco tinnunculus, L. Is found throughout the Perm Govern- 

 ment as high as 59° or 60° N. lat. To the southwards it 

 increases in numbers, and becomes numerous in the birch woods 

 of the Black-earth tract. Russ., TriasiichJca; Bashk., Kingunah; 

 Ziricin, Teuseau-varish. 



Ob&. Falco cenchris, Naum., is probably to be met with in the 

 Shadrinsk steppes and about Cheliabiansk, and Eversmann's 

 opinion that it does not occur in the northern parts of Orenburg, 

 is very much to be doubted. (Eversm. Nat. Hist, of the Oren- 

 burg Province, T.S., p. 65). MiddendorfF met with it on the 

 Boganida. (Sibirische Eeise, Band IL, Theil ii., p. 28). 



Pandion hcdiaetus, (L.) Occurs throughout the Province, but 

 usually keeps about the lakes, which abound with fish in the 

 Ekaterinburg and Shadrinsk districts; in the latter place breed- 

 ing in almost woodless localities. Russ., Scojm; Bashk., Kalmergau; 

 Zirian, Chare-varish. 



Fernis apivorus, (L.) Occurs up to 58° N. lat. (Tagill), but is rare, 

 although it breeds there. 



Obs. It is a breeding species in the Jaroslav and Moscow 

 Governments, and therefore it is rather surprising that it does not 

 occur about Kasan. (Eversm., op. cit. 46, and Bogdanoff— Birds 

 and Animals of the Volga, p. 42). According to Erman (Reise, 



affirms that it is not rare in the south-west parts of the Government of 

 Vologda. A ccording to Middendorff (Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Russ. Reiches, 

 Part VIII., p. 201) it is not rare in Lapland. (Seebohm and I found it as far 

 north as 65° 26' N. lat., at Ust Zylma.— J. A. H.-B.) 



* (Alston and I found them numerous at Kargopol, in June, 1872, sitting 

 on the telegraph wires along the road. — J. A. H.-B.) 



