gia on Rufsian birds. Dec. 26, 
.on the wings and tail, which either does not obtain 
at all, or is so faint, as to escape my observation, not 
only in the living bird, but in a couple of fine stuffed 
specimens now before me, and which I can handle 
and examine more closely, than ‘the delicate original 
will permit. 
‘You will find here annexed, a catalogue of Rufsiaa 
birds*, which includes the whole found in the pro- 
vinces conquered from the Swedes in which we 
live; and as those who winter with us, and who 
alone with propriety can be called natives, are 
marked with an asterifk, it will perfectly answer the 
purpose of my letter, which had principally for its 
object, to point out the singing birds of this district, 
together with the rest of our feathered inhabitants : 
and to note, which are, and are not, birds of paf. 
sage: at the same time, I have made it pretty evi- 
dent, that the entomologic attractions of Rufsia 
must have enticed the nightingale, many ages before 
Peter the great was born. 
[send you, likewise, according to my promise, 
in this letter, Brooks’s note of exotic birds, sold 
to the emprefs this summer, which you may publifh 
if you think it worth while. Jt contains also some 
other animals fhe purchased at the same time; and 
paid for the whole 5600 rubles. 
ARCTICUS. 
* This catalogué must be interesting to your readers who are lovers 
of ornithology, as it is the first full and correct list ever publifhed, com- 
posed from my own ample collection of Rufsian birds, the rest added 
with Dr Pallas’s afsistance. 
