E. LÖNNBERG, BIRDS FROM TRANSBAICALIA AND MONGOLIA. 21 



Muscicapa ficedula^ neumaiini Poche. 



[ Bura $ (n:o 141) "Vö 1908. 



Verv miicli paler above and less streaked beloAv than tlie 

 typical race, as already Avas stated by Taczanowski 1893^ 

 tliiis long before it was distinguished by Neumann 1900 

 or renamed by Poche 1904. 



Hartert indicates tlie southern limit of tlie breeding 

 range of tliis Flycatcher with the folloAving words »bis zum 

 sudlichen Baical-See und Daurien, Turkestan» — (1. c. 477) 

 Mongolia is not mentioned. 



Sylvia curruca affinis (Blyth). 



Bura o^ (n:o 134) ^^s 1908. 



In addition to the different proportions of the primaries 

 the colouration of this bird is somewhat paler above than 

 ni the typical Whitethroat. 



Taczanowski says that this bird is »répandue dans toute 

 la Sibérie jiisqu'a la hmite de la vegetation forestiére vers 



le nord» (1. c. p. 279). Przewalski found it in many 



places m Mongolia. It has thus a very wide distribution. 



Aruiidinax aedon (Pallas). 



Darkin o" (n:o 125) ^Vg 1908. 



Saxicola isabellina Cretzschma. 



Kjachta cT (n:o 138) '^7^, $ (n:o 139) ^V^ 1908. Bura $ (n:o 136) ^V^ 1908. 



These and the following species of Stonechats Kved 

 accordmg to Mr. Bamberg as well on the steppes as on the 

 mountams, just as well at a height of 2000 a sof 600 m. 



>>Jlfofl^?zf ''/Sww ' expressed his doubts (Vögel pal. Fauna p. 475) whether 

 G^v FKo Joh. I li^^^-^^^s Syst. Nat. ed. X p. 185 really means the 

 and th^Tnlf ",'• ' LiNN^^us has given this name to a Swedish bird,' 

 su^s w«lf f d/fg^iofe= '-y^^- suhfusca, suhtus alba, pectorecinereo maculato» 

 itisn r/i r ^ ^!u^ Flycatcher but for no other Swedish bird, 

 of Tm^U' T *^'' ""^""^ ^^^^^* *^ *^^ understood. As the diagnoses 



dop; H ^T ^^^'' 'T^ ^'^""y '^°''^ °^^ ^^«d "ot to wonder, as Hartert 

 in que!lfon. ^''''^^''' ' """' ^^^"^'^ '" '''^ "P""^^ ^"^^^^^^^ ^^ '^'^ ^ird 

 ' Mém. Ac. Imp. St. Petersburg dér. 7 Vol. XXXIX p. 465. 



