210 Mr. J. A. Harvie Brown on the 



or S.C. Districts. The Turtledove recorded as abundant in 

 Perm by Eversmann (quoted by Sabanaeff, No. 22) may yet 

 prove to belong to the Eastern form, Turtur orientalis, Lath. 



(36) Tetrao urogallo-tetrix, Sund. No. 174 in Tables. 



Sabanaeff accounts for the presence of this hybrid by the 

 unusual number of c? T. urofjaUus killed in spring leaving a 

 great predominance of females, and was informed by a native of 

 Ijma (64° N. lat.) that as many as five small birds are found 

 in every hundred killed. At Ust Zylma Seebohm and I found 

 that the natives there did not kill the males in spring, as they 

 were not considered good for food, but only the females, of 

 which numbers were brought to us for sale in April. 



(37) Coturnix communis^ Bonnat. No. 178 in Tables. 

 Recorded by Sabanaeff (No. 22) as occurring at A^orhoturie ; 



and he was informed of its occurrence at Ijma (64°) by a 

 native, but considers this latter record of doubtful value. 

 Its numbers would appear to vary considerably in different 

 years, even in the extreme south of Vologda. Mejakoff men- 

 tions the years 1853, 1854, and 1855 as great Qaail years ; 

 but in the year previous (1852) they did not appear at all. 



(38) Tringa minuta and T. Temininckii. Nos. 206, 207 in 



Tables. 



Sabanaeff states positively that the former breeds in the 

 neighbourhood of Ekaterineburg, and even believes it to breed 

 in the south of that government, and states also that they 

 breed in the Government of Jaroslav and even of Moscow. In 

 Pavda T. Temminckii is called " meyeneck," i. e. male of T. 

 minuta, 



(39) Anser ci7iereus, Meyer. No. 225 in Tables. 



Records of this in S.W. seem to be doubtful — v. Palm^n 

 (11), Goebel (20) ; but it would appear to be common in the 

 S.E. (Sabanaeff) , where it is stated by Zerrenner (21) to breed, 

 and also to winter a little to the southward and eastward of 

 our limits. This, however, seems open to doubt. 



(40) Anser leucopsis, Bechst. No. 229 in Tables. 



The only record in S.W. and S.E. by Goebel (20), and in 

 the S.E. by Sabanaeff (22). In the N.C. District, MiddendorfF 

 records having seen this species (No. 1, p. 237). 



