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at Habarova. Messrs. Harvie-Brown and Seebolim did not 

 meet with this bird north of lat. 68°, and, HabarovaJ being 

 in 69° 40', the above forms a considerable extension of the 

 range of the bird in Europe/' Also, " Falco (Bsalon. A 

 Merlin was seen near Habarova on July 17th, but unfor- 

 tunately we were unable to secure it. The remarks on the 

 extension of range of the White Wagtail apply to this species 

 also, for it has previously been recorded only by Messrs. 

 Harvie-Brown and Seebohm in lat. 68°.^' 



In 'The Ibis' for January 1897 (pp. 94 & 99) I have 

 recorded both the White Wagtail and Merlin at Khabarova. 



My object in writing is not to deprive Mr. Pearson of the 

 credit of having extended the range of these birds in Europe 

 (in Siberia they extend to nearly 72° N.), but rather to con- 

 firm his observations — especially in the case of the Merlin, 

 for I secured a specimen of it. 



To make Mr. Pearson's list of the birds of Waigats more 

 complete, Dafila acuta and Strepsilas interpres can be given ; 

 and, having passed some six weeks at Khabarova, I can add 

 the names of Charadrius pluvialis, Calidris arenaria, Phala- 

 ropus hyperboreus, Falco peregrinus, Cygnus bewicki, and 

 Pagophila eburnea to his list of birds at Khabarova. 



Yours &c., 



Templeton, Hungerford, H. L. PoPHAM. 



May 30th, 1898. 



Sirs, — One of the rarest birds existing is that described 

 and figured by Temminck in his ' Planches Coloriees ' 

 (No. 337) under the name Glaucopis temnura. The type of 

 this species, a unicum in the Paris Museum, was obtained in 

 Cochin China by Diard. Up to the present day this bird has 

 not been recognized anywhere else. Now, in 'The Ibis' 

 of 1893 (p. 55) Mr. F. W. Styan, the well-known writer on 

 the birds of China, has published a short description of a 

 new bird from Hainan, which he has called Crypsirhina nigra 

 {Temnurus niger, op. cit. p. 431). The type specimen of 

 this description, also a most interesting unicum, was in the 

 rich zoological collection of my late countryman Mr. B. 



