ARCHANGEL iS7 



is lovely weather. Our luggage has not yet come from 

 the Custom House. 



In the afternoon we went with Mr. and Mrs. Birse 

 and a Eussian friend to the Museum, with which we 

 were very favourahly impressed. It contained a very fair 

 collection of hirds, all of which we were assured had 

 been killed in the Government of Archangel, but unfor- 

 tunately there were no exact localities or dates. The 

 collection we found very well worth a visit, and Mr. 

 Birse promised to introduce us to the manager, who is a 

 good ornithologist, and from whom we hope to get more 

 information about some of the specimens. 

 Of mammals, Alston noted — 



(Vespertilio?) Bat. 



(Putoj'ius ermineus) Stoat. 



(Putorius luteola). 



(Putorius putorius) Polecat. 



(Vulpes lagopus) Fox. 



{Grulo horealis) Glutton. 



{Lijnx horealis) Lynx. 



{Pet. volans). 



{Sciurus vulgaris) Squirrel. 



Of birds, the most remarkable to us was a large Godwit, 



labelled 'melanura,' but it seemed to us too big for that 



species. Its measurements were — Tarsus, 3^\, ; tibia, 



nearly 2^q ; middle toe, 2^ ; bill, 4^ ; wing, carpal joint to 



tip,9,«o:-l. 



We also noted some of the most interesting of the other 

 birds, and before we left Archangel we obtained a list, 

 which is given as an appendix. 



Jiily 1. 



On the 1st of July, Monday, we at last got our luggage, 

 which had been detained in the blessed (?) Custom House 

 since the 19th of June. Some of the customs of this 

 country are certainly a nuisance. We went to the German 



