C'ONTRTBÜTrONS TO TITE ORXIS OF SA(;irALTX. .>)> 



shot so lato in the aiitiunn as October. Ntkolski says that 

 shoiihl tliis species liappoii to Invod in Sachalin, that wonld take 

 place most probably only in the northernmost parts of the 

 island. The specimens he obtained may be regarded to have 

 been migrating birds. 



38. Calliope cnlliope (Pallas). 



Tretiya Pad]: Ic/',!?, May 80; lo^, June 1; IcA June 

 7; 1?, June 12; la^, June 13; Id", June 18; Ic^ , 

 June 21 ; lo^, July 7 : 1(/, July 9. 



Korsakoff: Ic^, June 26. 



Chipesani : lo^ (juv.), Aug. 8; 1$ (juv.), Aug. 9; Id^ 

 (juv.), Aug. 10. 



In five of the male specimens there is not the slightest trace 

 of a black band behind the scarlet patch of the throat ; and 

 among these five there are specimens with the scarlet colour very 

 deep and strong as also those in which that colour is of a much 

 paler shade. Thus both old and young males are represented. 

 In the remaining four males the blackish '' moustachial line " can 

 be traced, with more or less interruption, to frame in the scarlet 

 patch on the sides and behind. This framing line is everywhere 

 quite narrow and not at all well defined. It is formed by 

 blackish dots on the tips of the otherwise white feathers just 

 behind the scarlet (or white scarlet-tipped)' feathers of the throat. 



The bird labeled " ? May 30." has the throat white and 

 somewhat washed with scarlet ; but the cheeks are creamy and 

 tlie streak from the forehead to the eye pale huffish. The female 

 shot on June 12th shows no scarlet tinge whatever on the white 

 throat. 



