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turgai; Bashk., Bos-tmgai; Ziridn, on the Ijma, where they have 

 only lately appeared, SavoranJca (bad Euss.). 



Alauda arborea, L. I did not come across it, but it certainly 

 occurs on the western slopes. 



Obs. According to Eversmann (I.e.), it breeds in the Govern- 

 ments of Kasan and Viatka. MejakofF states (I.e.) that it is rare 

 in Vologda Government, and Nordmann {I.e.) informs us that it 

 is to be met with in some parts of Finland. 



Alauda brachydactyla, Leisl. Seen only once at the boundary 

 of the Ekaterinburg and Shadrinsk districts, although it 

 occasionally breeds there. Further south eastwards it becomes 

 commoner. This is contrary to Eversmann's opinion {I.e.), who 

 supposes that it is not met with beyond the Ural. 



Alauda alpestris, L. In the valleys of the eastern slope of the 

 Ural mountains it is numerous during migration, and it breeds 

 also in the Perm Government, but not numerously. According 

 to Eversmann {I.e.), it does not occur beyond 53° N. lat. 

 However, Bogdanoff {I.e.) observed it near Kasan during 

 migration, and I saw it in the Moscow and Jaroslav Provinces. 



Alauda alpestris belongs probably to the number of birds like 

 Surnia nyctea, Lagojms albus, and others, building only on the 

 eastern slope of the Ural mountains, in the southern and northern 

 steppes. 



Alauda ealandra (slbirka?), Gm. It is not certain which of 

 these two species does occasionally breed at the boundary of the 

 Ekaterinburg and Shadrinsk districts. I never met with it here, 

 but traced it early in spring, 1869 (7th March), near to Sunder, 

 which does not agree with Eversmann's statement (op. cit.f 

 p. 273). 



I once had in my hands a specimen of Alauda ealandra which 

 was killed early in spring near Moscow. The stuffed bird is 

 now in the Jaroslav Museum. 



Alauda tatarica has also been found by Middendorff in February 

 in the Barabin steppes (Reise, B. ii., Th. 2, p. 133). According to 

 Martin, it inhabits the district of Shadrinsk. 



Flectrophanes nivalis, (L). In autumn and early in spring it passes 

 the open plains in thousands, and some native sportsmen say that 

 some remain to breed on the eastern slopes near certain lakes. 

 I can, however, only state that on the Gth May, 1869, I killed a 

 female near Lake Karaguz, in summer plumage, which was 



