296 M. Menzbier on the Birds of European 



districts of Northern and Central Russia ; but it is a very 

 local bird in the southern part of the country, and is only 

 found on migration in the extreme south. 



It is rare in Finland, where it is found as far north as 

 lat. 66°, and very rare near Archangel. In the country 

 between the Dvina and the Kama its northern breeding-limit 

 is unknown ; but in the Government of Perm it is found 

 only as far north as lat. 58°. It is common in Southex'n 

 Finland, in the country near Lake Onega, in the Government 

 of Ufa, and in Central Russia ; but occurs only occasionally 

 in the Baltic provinces and in Poland. In very large forests 

 near Lake Peipus and in the wooded country of West Russia 

 (Belorussia and Litra) this bird is not common. In the Ural 

 branches, in the Government of Simbirsk, and westwards 

 from the Don in the wooded districts of Little Russia and in 

 the wooded river- valleys of New Russia, the Honey-Buzzard 

 is very rare, though it breeds there as well as in the Pruth 

 valley, Bessarabia. According to Mr. Severtzov, it was very 

 rare in the Government of Voronesh until 1860 ; since that 

 year it has become more common in the country, and now 

 breeds there in all the forests which are large enough to 

 afford it a retreat. 



Near the mouth of the Ural river, at Sarepta, and in the 

 Crimea the Honey-Buzzard has been only seen on migration. 



BUTEO VULGARIS. 



After a careful examination of many specimens of Buzzards 

 from different portions of Russia, I am now firmly convinced 

 that, contrary to the opinion of most ornithologists, the 

 Common Buzzard is found only in the western and south- 

 western parts of Russia, and that more northwards and east- 

 wards it is replaced by the African Buzzard {Buteo vulpinns) , 

 its breeding-range in Russia being nearly the same as that 

 of the Red Kite and Barn-Owl. 



Without doubt the Common Buzzard breeds in the follow- 

 ing localities of Russia: — in the Baltic provinces, in Poland 

 (where it is common as far east as the Vistula and is rare 

 eastwards from the Vistula, though it is still found in the 



