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probably nesting there. The migration lasts till the early part of 

 April. Euss., Sne-shurka; Bashk., Ak-yak; Ziridn, Budsheukai. 



Pledrophams lapponicus, (L). Passes during the vernal and 

 autumn migration in great numbers, principally on the eastern 

 slope of the Ural. It probably breeds here, as I obtained several 

 specimens in May. 



Emheriza aureola^ Pall. Is very common throughout the 

 Government of Perm. 



Emheriza hortulana, L. This bird, which slightly differs from 

 west European specimens, is very abundant in the thinly-wooded 

 western parts of the districts of Ekaterinburg, Shadrinsk, and 

 Cheliabiansk. It is not found in the Ural, and the northern limit 

 of its distribution coalesces with that of Black-earth {pQ\° N. lat., 

 and west, 57° N. lat.), and is probably met with in some parts of 

 the Krasnoufim and Osin districts. 



Ohs. According to Eversmann, E. aureola occurs in the southern 

 parts of the Ural {pp. ciL, p. 280). Hoffmann has found it near 

 62° N. lat. (op. ciL, p. 63). Bogdanofif traced it along the Volga to 

 near 53° N. lat., but he is not right in saying that the Volga is 

 its western boundary, as I have also observed it in Tamboff, 

 Nijni gorod, Eiazan, Moscow, Jaroslav, and Smolensk. 



It is strange that Eversmann says that E. hortulana is commoner 

 in the Ural than in the Governments of Kasan and Simbirsk. It 

 is still more curious that Nordmann affirms it to be common in 

 Karelen,* and rare in South Finland. (Eversm., op. cit, p. 281, 

 Nordmann, op>. cit, p. 14). According to Lilljeborg, E. aureola is 

 met with from Kargopol to Archangel. 



Emheriza citrinella, L. Common everywhere. Mesch., Sara- 

 turgai. 



Emheriza schoenichis, L. Common everywhere, especially on the 

 lakes and rivers of the eastern slopes. 



Emheriza pyrrhuloides, Pall. Ekaterinburg (Eversmann, op. cit, 

 p. 288). This large variety of the preceding species occurs only 

 on the rivers Ural and Volga. 



Emheriza rustica, Pall. On the eastern slope, as far as 

 Ekaterinburg, it is very rare. Further north, however, and on 

 the western slope of the Ural, it is very common. According to 



* (I find no record whatever of E. hortulana in north of Kussia proper — north 

 of 58° N. lat.— J. A. H.-B.) 



