508 Mr. H. L. Popham on Birds 



Red-breasted Geese and Peregrines, for we went some distance 

 along the slope of the cliffs without seeing any of these birds, 

 I found only one Rough-legged Buzzard's nest on this 

 expedition. 



88. Haliaetus albicilla. 



While steaming up the river in the s.s. ' Yenisei ' I often 

 saw a White-tailed Eagle flying along the liver-bank in the 

 forest district, and one flew across the tundra to an island in 

 lat. 69° 40' N. 



AsTUtt palumbarius. 



(Dr. Theel, at Krasnoyarsk.) 



89. ACCIPITER NISUS. 



The only Sparrow-Hawk I saw was one which I shot on a 

 fence in a village in lat. 66° N. 



90. MiLVUS MIGRANS? 



A Black Kite flew over our steamer when neariiig Yeniseisk 

 on my I'cturn. 



91. Falco uralensis ? 



On three occasions a large grey bird of prey flew past me 

 while I was either busy packing away a specimen or getting 

 into a boat, so that I was never able to get a shot at it. 

 Mr. Dresser tells me it probably was the pale Ural form of 

 Falco gyr falco. 



While steaming down the river a large grey bird crossed 

 ahead of us, going through the most extraordinary per- 

 formance ; it would rise quickly into the air, turn completely 

 over back downward, descend headlong for some yards, and 

 then rise up again flapping its wings continuously; and this 

 went on till the opposite shore was reached, quite two miles 

 away. 



92. *Falco peregrinus. Peregrine. 



93. Falco subbutbo. 



Hobbies were seen only at Yeniseisk. 



91. Fai.co ^salon. 



Only a single Merlin was seen on one of the Brckhoffski 

 Islands. 



