342 Mr. H. Seeboliin on the Ornithology of Siberia. 



pleasure, of pointiug out the fact that Anthus seebohmi of 

 Dresser was identical with Anthus gustavi of Swinhoe. Just 

 before leaving for Siberia I was, by the kindness of Dr. Briig- 

 gemann, put in possession of the facts that Anthus gustavi 

 had been procured in winter at Manilla (Bruggemann_, Ab- 

 handl. Ver. Bremen, v. p. 67), Celebes (Briiggemann, loc. cit. ; 

 Walden, Tr. Z. S. viii. p. 117), Borneo, and Negros {fide 

 skins in the British Museum) . 



During the arrival of migratory birds on the Arctic circle 

 in the valley of the Yen- e- say', I naturally kept a sharp look- 

 out for this interesting species, and was delighted on the 23rd 

 of June to hear its peculiar and familiar song, and to shoot 

 a fine male. On the 15th of July, in lat. 70^°, I met with 

 this bird breeding, and obtained a sitting of its eggs. On 

 the 26th of July, on my return journey, in about the same 

 latitude, I found it breeding in considerable numbers, and 

 secured eight specimens more. 



In the Museum of St, Petersburg I had the pleasure of 

 identifying skins of this species collected by Baron May dell 

 in the Tschuski Land, north of Kamtchatka, and on Beh- 

 ring Isle, to the east of that peninsula, collected by Woss- 

 nessensky; so that it would appear that the geographical 

 distribution of this Pipit is almost the same as that of Phyl- 

 loscopus borealis. 



Anthus cervinus. Pall. 



The Red-throated Pipit was first seen on the banks of the 

 Koo-ray'-i-ka on the 6th of June. One of the birds which 

 I shot on that day was in winter plumage, with scarcely a 

 trace of vinous on the throat ; and I entered it in my journal 

 as the sole example of Anthus pratensis which I met with in 

 the valley of the Yen-e-say'; but in St. Petersburg Russow 

 pointed out to me the diiference between the plumage of 

 Anthus pratensis and the winter plumage of A. cervinus. In 

 the latter bird the central large under tail-covert has a dark 

 streak up the middle near the shaft. I have examined the 

 whole of ray large series of these birds fi'om Norway, Russia, 

 and Siberia, and winter skins of ^. cervinus from Asia Minor 



