observed on the Yenisei River. 99 



55, Falco subbuteo. Hobby. 



Three were shot at Yeniseisk, but no eggs found. 



-56. Falco .esalon. Merlin. 

 One was shot from the ship at Golchika in the autumn. I 

 shot several from our ship while at anchor in the Ugor 

 Straits in the summer of 1894. 



57. Falco vespertinus. Red-legged Falcon. 

 Quite a colony of these pretty little Falcons was nesting 

 near Yeniseisk. 



-i~58. Falco tinnunculus. Kestrel. 



I shot one at Yeniseisk, thinking it might be the Lesser 

 Kestrel. 



59. BoTAURUs stellaris. Bittern. 



A man gave me a freshly-killed Bittern at Yeniseisk, but 

 we did not see live examples ourselves. 



-/- 60. Anser segetum. Bean-Goose. 



The most numerous of the Geese. The first seen were on 

 May 6th, migrating north. One nest contained as many as 

 six eggs, another five. 



-/ 61. Anser albifrons. White-fronted Goose. 



Not nearly so plentiful in this country as the preceding. 

 Out of ten captured on Aug. 15th while in moult, three 

 were White-fronted, and out of eighteen procured in the same 

 way a few days later only two proved to be A. albifrons. 

 We brought back only three eggs and one gosliug in down. 

 Seebohm, in his ' Siberia in Asia,^ only mentions the Lesser 

 White-fronted Goose on the Yenisei. 



-f-Q2. Bernicla brenta. Brent Goose. 



Not observed south of lat. 72° N., where young in down 

 were obtained. 



63. Bernicla ruficollis. Red-breasted Goose. 



The eggs of this Goose formed one of our chief prizes. 

 Four nests were found with seven, seven, eight, and nine 

 eggs (of a creamy- white colour) in each respectively. From 



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