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migrcation) in the Ural mountains and the adjacent woods; in 

 the Government of Kazan, and the north parts of the Orenburg 

 Government {oij. cit., p. 449). AksakofF — in the Government of 

 Ufim (Sportsmen's extracts, p. 74), and Bogdanoff — in the Govern- 

 ment of Kazan {op. cit., p. 140), have never met with it in the 

 summer. In the Government of Jaroslav it nests sometimes 

 (in the north-eastern part). According to Meshakoflf, it breeds in 

 the Government of Vologda {op. cit., p. 633); according to Nord- 

 mann in Central Finland {op. cit., p. 41). 



Scolopax major, L. Is common throughout the Government 

 of Perm. 



Scolopax gallinago, L. Is much more numerous than the last. 

 Euss., Barashik; Bashk., Gankaza-haraljin. 



ScolojMX rusticola, L. Is also met with in great numbers, but 

 very seldom breeds in the birch-woods of Bashkiria and in Tagila. 

 Russ., ShahashJca; in the district of Ekaterinburg, Pahar (meaning 

 ploughman, because it flies there and back all the time); at the 

 Polevsky works, Hurkun (by the voice); Bsbslik., Fkir-pasek. 



Numenius lohaeoiyus, L. Is met with as high as 60° N. lat. (as 

 far as Pavda); it is very common in the Black-earth plain of 

 Bashkiria; also breeds on the high elevated flat surfaces in the Ural 

 (Kaslinsky, Mazepetroosk, Beloe steppes, White steppes). Kulick, 

 in the Perm district; Fend, in Pavda ; also Bashk., Kinilda. 



Numenius arqiiata, L. On the eastern slope it does not go 

 further to the north than 57° N. lat., and it is rare near 

 Ekaterinburg ; it is very common in the steppes of the Shadrinsk 

 district. 



Ardea cinerea, L. It is not met with north of Ekaterinburg 

 (on the east side). In the end of the summer and all the autumn 

 it is very common on the lakes of the Black-earth plain, but here 

 it does not build at all, or very seldom. It must be supposed that 

 it breeds somewhere in the Ural (most likely in the Mazepetroosk 

 or Polevsky, i.e., on the western slope) in great colonies. In the 

 Kaslinsky and Keshtemsky Ural it breeds but seldom (according 

 to sportsmen's information). Euss., Zaplia chepura ; Bashk., 

 Selian, or Kuck-selian. 



Ardea alba, L. According to the information of the Bash- 

 kirians and the Russian sportsmen, it breeds in the reeds of the 

 lakes in the district of Shadrinsk. Bashk., Ack-turna (white 

 crane), Belaja-zaplia. Is very likely the Grus ancogeramus, Pall. 



