512 Mr. II. L. PopliHin on Birds 



121. Lagopus rupestris. 



Not obtained on this expedition, l)ut in 1895 specimens in 

 winter plumage were shot at Golchika. 



122. "^Lagopus albus. Willow-Grouse. 



All the white-winged Grouse I shot in 1897 belonged to 

 this species. Two nests contained eleven eggs in each. 



123. ^BoNASA BETULINA, 



Hazel-Grouse were common in the forest, I shot a few 

 by calling them within range wnth a whistle. They are the 

 grey form of the Hazel-Grouse. 



124. Tetrao tetrix. Black Grouse. 



Tetrao urogallus. 



(Seebohm, at the Koorayika river.) 



125. CrEX PRATENSIS. 



I stalked a Land-rail at Yatsova (lat. 60° 10' N.), suc- 

 ceeded in getting to within a yard of it in the dusk, and 

 watched it for some time making the well-known noise. 



FULICA ATRA. 



(Dr. Theel, at Krasnoyarsk.) 



126. Grus communis. 



Cranes were migrating northward over Yeniseisk on May 

 16th, and I saw ten feeding on a meadow close to a village 

 a few hundred versts lower down the river, 



127. *Charadrius pluvialis. Golden Plover. 



128. ^Charaurius fulvus. 



One nest with eggs of the Eastern Golden Plover was 

 found near Golchika, and another with two eggs and two 

 young in down. I succeeded in hatching out the two eggs, 

 and thus have four young in down, which agree veiy closely 

 with the young in down of Ch. pluvialis, but as a rule have 

 the sides of the head and cheeks less marked with black than 

 in that species : the upper parts are quite as yellow as in the 

 most richly-coloured specimens of Ch. pluvialis, and the 

 yellowish-white band across the hind-neck is rather larger 

 and more clearlv defined in the Asiatic bird. 



