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are mostly tipped with ochraceous, rarely with white. The 

 males diflFer from the female in having the ochraceous bars 

 narrower, more numerous, and interrupted, making the general 

 effect of the plumage of the upper parts darker and richer. 

 The throat and breast are rather paler than the back. The 

 belly and under tail-coverts of one are white, and in the 

 other the feathers on the flanks are half white and half mot- 

 tled black and ochraceous, on the under tail-coverts all mot- 

 tled, and on the belly half white and half mottled ash-grey 

 and ochraceous. 



So far as I know, this is the first record of this species on 

 the mainland of the Palsearctic region. In size my skins of 

 this bird are smaller than those of the Willow-Grouse, 

 measuring in length of wing 7^ to 7| inches against 7| to 8 

 inches (measured with a tape across the upper surface of the 

 wing). 



BoTAURUS STELLARis (Linn.). 



I brought home the skin of a Bittern which I found hang- 

 ing up in a peasant^s house in a little village on the banks of 

 the Yen-e-say', in lat. 64°. The peasant told me that he had 

 shot it in the neighbourhood some time during the previous 

 summer. 



Grus communis, Bechst. 



I first observed the Crane about lat. 60° on my return 

 journey up the Yen-e-say' on the 12th of August, when small 

 parties were migrating southwards. I frequently saw these 

 birds at Yen-e-saisk' during the few days I remained at that 

 town ; and afterwards they were not uncommon on the Ob 

 and the Too'-ra. 



Grus leucogeranus. Pall. 



A small flock of four or five of these handsome birds flew 

 leisurely over our steamer as we were threading the labyrinths 

 of the Too'-ra. During flight they appeared to be pure white 

 all over, except the outside half of each wing, which looked 

 jet-black. 



Tringa temmincki, Leisl. 



As soon as the snow had melted on the banks of the river. 



