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. Alcedo ispida, L. Is not scarce in the south-east parts of the 

 Perm Ural, along the tributaries of the Uffa, in the Ukrainsky 

 and Poleffsky Dacha. On the eastern declivity it is occasionally 

 seen in the Kaslinsky Ural, but I do not think it breeds there. 



Ohs. BogdauofF {I.e.) met with it about Kasan. 



U'pupa epops, L. The distribution of this species is very 

 curious. I obtained one specimen from Pavda, where it is not 

 supposed to appear every year. When they do, they make their 

 appearance in the Esety valley, in the Shadrinsk. (I think I 

 have noticed them east of Ekaterinburg, at the BeresofFsky works). 

 According to Falk, (" Travels," viii., p. 328) they occur in the 

 Province of Esety. In Pavda it is called Folevsky-petushak. 

 Eversmann traces it to the Kasan district (I.e.), and 

 Bogdanoff to Christopol. According to Nordmann (Bull. Mosc, 

 1860, No. 1, p. 13), it is not uncommon in Central Finland. 

 Mejakoflf does not mention it in his catalogue {I.e.) of the southern 

 parts of the Government of Vologda, but I found it in the Govern- 

 ment of Jaroslav (Bull. Mosc, 1869). Falk, ("Travels," viii., 

 p. 336) says that it inhabits the Esety Province. Georgi {v. Mid- 

 dendorff's "Isepiptesen Russlands," p. 21) has watched it on 

 the eastern slopes, near 56^° N. lat. 



Coracias garrula, L. I have never seen this species in the 

 Perm Government, but according to sportsmen, it is met with at 

 the boundary of the Ekaterinburg and Shadrinsk districts. 

 Teplouhoff met with it about Iliensk (Perm Government), in 

 58J° N. lat., in June and July, and A. Pastuhoff has seen several 

 of them near Solikamsk, in 59J° N. lat. 



Ohs. According to Mejakoff {op. cit., p. 629) it occasionally 

 migrates to the Griesovetsk district. Bogdanoff (/.c.) traced it 

 to Gliristopol. According to my own observations, it sometimes 

 occurs in the Governments of Jaroslav and Moscow, and probably 

 breeds on the western parts of the latter, being very common 

 about Smolensk, in the Viazemsky district. According to Lillje- 

 borg (I.e.), it is met with — as also is Coccothraustes vulgaris — now 

 and then near Ladoga and Ladienapole. 



Alauda arvensis, L. Is distributed throughout the localities 

 where there are ploughed fields, and goes from thence 

 northwards as far as Verhoturie. It is not so common here, 

 however, as in Central and Southern Russia. Russ., Shavoronock; 

 on the eastern declivity called mostly " Stolhik "; Me^jch., Sabau- 



