130 Mr. Collingwood Ingram on 



in T. u. urogallus ; while, finally, there is very little black on 

 the under parts, and white largely predominates on the belly. 

 The female is also conspicuously paler in coloration, and has 

 relatively few black barrings on the under parts, which are 

 profusely marked with white. The secondaries and scapulars 

 are likewise distinctly spotted with white. 



Of this handsome bird, T. u. uralensis Nazarow *, there 

 is happily no lack of specimens both in the Tring and 

 British Museums, and there can be no question as to its 

 sub-specific distinctness. But what about Meyer's T. u. 

 taczanowskii f from south-west Siberia, and Butuj'lin's 

 T. u. volgensis X from south-east Russia? I have failed to 

 find an ample description of the former, but as Buturlin says 

 it differs only from his T. u. volgensis by having a greater 

 amount of white on the outer edge of the primaries and a 

 larger bill, it is safe to assume that the two birds are very 

 similar in coloration. Unfortunately, topo-typical specimens 

 of these races do not appear to exist in England, and it is 

 therefore impossible to express any definite opinion upon 

 them. There are, however, four very interesting Siberian 

 specimens in the British Museum which throw some light 

 upon the subject. These were collected by Seebohm in lat. 

 66 5° N. during his visit to the valley of the Yenesei in the 

 summer of 1877. The two males from this district agree 

 closely with Buturlin's description of his T. u. volgensis, and 

 as this, in turn, is stated to resemble T. u. taczanowskii, it 

 seems highly probable that the whole of western Siberia is 

 inhabited by the same bird, viz, T. u. taczanowskii. Judging 

 by the Yenesei specimens, this form might be described as 

 intermediate between the typical T. u. urogallus and T. u. 

 uralensis, for while it does not appear to be quite so dark as 

 the former, it is certainly not so pale, nor is it so grey as the 

 latter. The following is a brief description of the British 



* Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mopc. Ixii. 1887, p. 365. 



t Meyer, ' Unser Auer-, Rackel- und Birkwild,' Wien, 1887, p. 10. 



X Buturlin, Orn. Mouatsb. 1907, p. 81. In this paper Buturlin 

 attributes the authorship of T. u, taczanowskii to Stejneger, but I think 

 this must be an error. 



