observed on the Yoiisei River. 97 



39. CoRvus coRONE. Camou-Crow. 

 Numerous about the town of Yeniseisk. 



40. CoRvus coRNix. Hooded Crow. 



It was interesting to observe on our sledge journey from 

 Omsk to Yeniseisk how the Hooded Crow was gradually 

 replaced by the Carrion-Crow as we proceeded east, with a 

 space, somewhat beyond Tomsk, where the two overlap one 

 another and hybrids predominate. The Grey Crow was 

 quite scarce at Yeniseisk compared with C. corone. 



41. CoRVUS FRUGILEGUS. Rook. 



Rooks had reached Omsk before the end of March. 



42. Caprimulgus europ^us. Nightjar. 

 C. B. Hill shot one at Yeniseisk. 



43. Picus MAJOR. Great Spotted Woodpecker. 

 Only one was obtained near Yeniseisk. 



44. Picus piPRA. Siberian Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. 

 A single specimen secured on our third day's journey 



down the river was the only one seen. 



45. PicoiDEs TRiDACTYLUs. Threc-tocd Woodpecker. 

 Again only a solitary example was shot by Hill near 



Toorukhansk. 



46. CucuLUS CANORUs. Cuckoo. 



Seebohm, in his ' Siberia in Asia,' tells us that he secured 

 a Cuckoo making a sound not unlike the cry of the Hoopoe, 

 and found it to be the Himalayan Cuckoo (Cuculus hima- 

 layanus). We often heard Cuckoos uttering the sound 

 that he describes, and shot two, which were pronounced by 

 Mr. H. E. Dresser (who has been kind enough to examine 

 the skins we brought back) to be C. canorus. The forest 

 round Yeniseisk was full of Cuckoos, but we soon left them 

 behind us ; in fact I find no mention of them in my notes 

 further north. 



47. Asio OTUs. Long-eared Owl. 



While waiting for Ducks at flight-time, two of these Owls 

 flew round, makmg a strange noise by striking their wings 

 together. We obtained one nest of six eggs. 



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