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Picus mMasor, Linn. 
Dr. Théel found this species breeding near Yen-e-saisk’, 
and met with it as far north as lat. 60°. 
GercINuS caNnus (Gmel.). 
Dr. Théel was told, on good authority, that a Green Wood- 
pecker was found near Kras-no-yarsk’. 
Picus prpra, Pall. 
Mr. Kibort has sent me a skin of this species from Kras- 
no-yarsk’. Dr. Théel informs me that he saw the Lesser 
Spotted Woodpecker near where the Nish’-ni Tun-goosk’ 
joins the Yen-e-say’, in lat. 66°. The whole of the under- 
parts are unspotted silky white, with the exception of the 
under tail-coverts, which are slightly streaked with black. 
The outside tail-feathers have two rudimentary cross bars. 
The transverse bars on the back and rump are also nearly 
obsolete. The wing measures 3°75 inches, and the tail 2°5. 
This species is the Picus kamtschatkensis of Cabanis, Bona- 
parte, Sundevall, and Malherbe. I have shot it at Arch- 
angel and in the valley of the Petchora; and besides the skins 
from Kras-no-yarsk’, I have seen skins from Lake Baical and 
the Amoor, and have in my collection examples from the 
islands of Sakhalin and Yezzo, north of Japan. Compared 
with the South-European form, it is an excellent species. Spe- 
cimens from Norway and Sweden are somewhat intermediate, 
being as large as the Siberian form, but in the colour and 
markings of the back and underparts scarcely differing from 
the South-European form. 
Picus Martius, Linn. 
Dr. Théel was informed on good authority that the Black 
Woodpecker is occasionally seen near Kras-no-yarsk’. He 
met with it himself in lat. 59°. 
Tynx rorquitia, Linn. 
Dr. Théel was informed on good authority that the Wry- 
neck is occasionally seen near Kras-no-yarsk’. He met with 
it himself in lat. 594°. 
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