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Cheliabiansk Cossacks call it Pegash. Eversmann is not right in 

 saying that it is met with only as far as the latitude of Orenburg 

 (oj). ciL, p. 509). Some time ago Pallas (Voyages, vol. ii^ p. 421) 

 had seen it in great numbers on the lakes of Kulatowa, in the 

 district of Cheliabiansk, and says that it builds there, together 

 with Anas rutila (which, according to this, must migrate here). 

 According to Bogdanoff, A. tadorna goes as far as the Promzino 

 village in the Government of Simbirsk {oy. cit, p. 148). 



Anas penelope, L. Near Ekaterinburg it builds, but rather 

 seldom ; however, it is very common in the south-eastern district 

 of the Government, and also in the Government of Shadrinsk, 

 but it seems to be more numerous on the Ural lakes than on the 

 steppe lakes. Euss,, Swestun-sivez ; Bashk., £le; Zirian, Voz (on the 

 Tinsha). Eversmann says that it is mostly met with in the 

 southern parts {op. cit, p. 527), but Hoffmann found it (op. cit, 

 p. 70) near 62** N. lat., together with Anas crecca. 



Anas querqiiedida, L. Is numerous everywhere, especially on 

 the lakes ; however, it is rarer on the Ural lakes and in Cherock, 

 near Ekaterinburg. Euss., Sesick; Bashk., Suragai-urdeck ; Zirian, 

 Jeedatch. 



Anas crecca, L. Is met with more seldom than the preceding 

 species, especially in the southern parts. It is very numerous in 

 the north (Pavda) vide Hoffmann, {pp. cit., p. 70). Cherushka, 

 near Ekaterinburg; Ziridn, Gerd-nerr -jeedatch. 



Anas strepera, L. In the districts of Ekaterinburg it is rare, and 

 is not found in Pavda; on the lakes it is very numerous, espe- 

 cially in the districts of Shadrinsk and Cheliabiansk. Euss., 

 Criaknshka. 



Anas acuta, L. Everywhere, according to localities, more or 

 less common. Euss., Astrohevost; Mesch, Ala-urdeck ; Bashk., 

 Kalkins rock; Zirian, Jeydjeed-golia-kerag (white necked). 



Alias boschas, L. Is spread all over, especially on the lakes of 

 the Black-earth plain Seruha. In the Polevsky woiks, Selezen; 

 Bashk., Mesch., Kugal urdeck; Zirian, Kimg. 



Anas, sp., Z. The size of this duck is not larger than that of a 

 Starling. I have never had it in my hands, but I have seen it 

 several times in the districts of Ekaterinburg (Berezowsky works). 

 According to sportsmen it is common in the Pavdinsky and 

 Bogoslovsky Dacha; it also breeds along the Eiver Arduja north 

 of Ekaterinburg, and sometimes in the Kaslinsky Ural. Builds 



