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in this respect as well witli the present specimen. An exa- 

 mination of more material is, however, needed before full 

 light can be thrown on this subject. 



Macrorhampiis taczanowskia (Verreaux.) 



Bura ö^ (n:o 54) ^ö 1908. 



This specimen is in full breeding plumage and this, to- 

 gether with the time of the year at which it was shot, indicates 

 that this rare and little known bird pi:obably breeds in the 

 neighbourhood where this specimen was collected. Tacza- 

 NOWSKT (1. c. p. 938) has only recorded it from Tschita and 

 quotes that Dybowski and Godlewski had found it »sur 

 les bords marécageux du fleuve Argonne en Daourie méri- 

 dionale, aux environs du Vieux Tsurukhaitui. » They arri- 

 ved to that place in May, and the females killed there then, had 

 eggs already developed in their oviducts. The present record 

 is thus of interest. 



Limosa limosa melanuroirtes (Gould). 



Tumutscheji $ (n:o 39) '^t 1908. 



A young bird Avith short bill and possibly killed on its 

 way south. 



Gallinago megala Swinhoe. 



Tumutscheji ef (n:o 67) ^Ve 1908. 



Otis tärda dybowskii (Taczanowskii). 



Bura ^ fnro 35) 21/5 1908. Bogotai $ (n:o 36) ^g/g 1908. Bain $ (n:o 37) 



7t 1908. 



These Bustards when once seen are very easily recognized 

 by the dominating black colour of the back and other charac- 

 teristics. They are thus very well defined from the subspecies 

 O. t. korejeiui Sarudny from Tian Shan.^ 



^ The Bustards mentioned from Baimgol in Tian Shan by the present 

 author Ark. f. Zool. Bd. 2 belong to O. t. korejewi but this subspecies was 

 not named until nearly a year (Okt. 1905) låter than I had written (Dec. 

 1904) my notes on the birds from Tian Shan. The difference from the 

 European Bustard made me believe that the Tian Shan bird was identical 

 with the race of Eastern Asia. 



Arkiv för zoologi. Band 5. N:o 9. 3 



