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According to Eversmann, it breeds in the southern steppes of 

 Kirkiz {op. cit, p. 464). Very likely in the southern boundary of 

 our fauna Ardea minuta is also to be found, which, according to 

 Eversmann, is met with in the slopes of the southern Ural 

 mountains (op. cit., p. 469), and Bogdanoff {op. cit, p. 142) traced 

 it as far as the district of Spask, Government of Kazan. Accord- 

 ing to my observation, it breeds in the Government of Moscow, 

 and probably in that of Jaroslav also. 



Ardea stellaris, L. It is very common in the reeds on the lakes 

 of Bashkiria, and sometimes builds on the lakes of the Kaslinsky 

 and Keshtemsky Ural. It is not met with north of 57° N. lat. 

 Euss., JFepp; Bashk., Kul-huga (water-bull); Metch., Su-ukze. 



Ciconia nigra, L. Positively builds in the Polevsky and Mazepe- 

 troosk Ural ; sometimes it is met with on eastern slopes, and it 

 is seen every year in the districts of Ekaterinburg. Talk 

 (Beitrage, vol. iii., p. 365) found it on the Kama. Meshakoff 

 has seen it now and then in the Government of Vologda, and A. 

 Nordmann in Finland. 



Platalea leucorodia, L. Builds on the boundaries of the 

 Shadrinsk and Cheliabiansk districts, and sometimes migrates to 

 Sesertsk works (as high as 56J° N. lat.) ; according to Evers- 

 mann, only as high as 53° N. lat. {op. cit., p. 487). According to Bog- 

 danoff {op. cit., p. 143), in the spring it migrates as far as Sezran. 



Cygnus musicus, Bechst. Builds almost all through the Govern- 

 ment, but on the lakes (in the steppes) is seen during migration 

 only. It is very numerous on the lakes of the Sesertsk Ural (not 

 far from the Sosnovo village). Euss., Lebed; Bashk., Akhosli ; 

 Ziridn, Sed-nerance. 



Cygnus olor, Gmel. According to sportsmen it sometimes builds 

 in the Kaslinsky Ural, and in the Polevsky Ural it is commoner 

 than the Cygnus musicus. Ziridn, gerd-nerance (red-beaked). 



Cygnus minor, Pall. It is not exactly known whether it builds 

 in the south-eastern Ural (Kaslinsky Ural), but nearer to the 

 boundary of the Tobolsk Government it must be frequent enough 

 (in the districts of Irbitsk and Verhoturie). On the lakes of the 

 Black-earth plain I followed it only during migration. 



Anser cygnoides, L. C^) It is sometimes seen in the south-eastern 

 Ural during the autumn migration, but it has never been remarked 

 by me. 



Anser hy^erboreus, Pall. According to Pallas (Voyages, Vol. 



