TO RUSSIA AND BACK. 7 



I must now say something of the Museum, which is at 

 the Academy of Sciences (between the Exchange and the 

 University), and contains the famous Mammoth, whose 

 unfossihzed remains were found embedded in ice on the 

 banks of the Lena. Professor Brandt was away, but I was 

 glad to meet Dr. Radde, who drew attention to his Fiiligiila 

 bacri, which would appear to be one of those puzzling 

 hybrid Ducks, (Reisen im Suden von Ost-Sibirien in den 

 Jahren 1855 — 1859, P- ZT^') ^^'^^ to the beautiful specimens 

 oi Anas falcata and A. glocitans, which latter is the species 

 to which by English authors some hybrids were incorrectly 

 assigned under the name of " Bimaculated Duck." I also 

 especially noticed no less than twenty varieties of the 

 Blackgrouse, and several of the Capercaillie, also both 

 sexes of the spurious Rakkelhan Grouse (Tctrao medius 

 (Meyer) Teni.), the female of which appears to be exactly 

 like a small female Capercaillie. Another handsome cross 

 is that between the Black Grouse and Willow Grouse, of 

 which I afterwards saw several, but did not succeed in 

 obtaining a specimen. I had hoped to find a good series 

 of the Red-breasted Goose, but I only saw four ; one of 

 them a plain grey bird without a particle of red was marked 

 a female, doubtless immature. The collection of Brazilian 

 species is large ; but not being well up in South American 

 birds, I directed my attention to the specimen of the Great 

 Auk. I found that there was no Qgo^ of this bird in the 

 Museum, but Professor Newton had told me that he 

 believed there were two in the city, and I set on foot 

 enquiries, but without any result beyond learning that 

 Mr. Champley of Scarborough had been making enquiries 

 before me. 



Perthshire. They come earlier and are smaller than the Norwegian, 

 and may be known by having been shot. Numbers are also sent to 

 the Glasgow poulterers, according to Mr. Gray. (B. of Scotland, 

 p. 228.) 



