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Amongst the Aceipitres may be noted an example of the 

 American Bald Eagle {Haliaetus leucocephalus), from Behring 

 Island, off Kamtschatka, a speeies which I do not recollect 

 to have seen recorded before from any point on the Asiatic 

 side ; and there is a specimen of Falco candicans from the 

 same locality. The Hawk-Owl obtained at Pitlekaj appears 

 to be of the American form, Surnia fimerea, and not of the 

 Old-World form, P. ulula, which is generally stated by recent 

 authors to range from Northern Europe to Kamtschatka. 



The majority of the Passeres are still in spirits; but some 

 interesting specimens are mounted, such as Saxicola cenanthe, 

 Sylvia borealis (the identification of which I leave to Mr, 

 Seebohm), and Turdus swainsoni, which, it will be remem- 

 bered, has straggled to that closely-observed little island, 

 Heligoland, The species in spirits are catalogued as Junco 

 hiemalis, yEgioihus linaria, Dendrceca coronata, Anthus 

 ludovicianus, A. cervinus, Motacilla flava, M. alba, and the 

 true Cyanecula suecica with the red throat-spot. There is 

 also a specimen of Sabine^s Gull in spirits. 



The American section, under the charge of Mr. Goode, 

 cannot be expected to rival in the rarity of its exhibits the 

 spoils of the North-east Passage ; but the cases of mounted 

 birds contain many examples of great interest, and, as jjicked 

 specimens, some of them are naturally superior to those of the 

 ' Vega.^ There are two fine cases of Herodiones, and a splendid 

 series of Anseres, amongst which are conspicuous for their 

 beauty the examples of the Emperor Goose, Steller^s Duck, 

 the Spectacled Eider, and the King Eider, all from Alaska. 

 There is a small but choice collection of Laridse, containing 

 beautiful specimens of Sabine's and Bonaparte's Gulls, and 

 also of Petrels. Amongst the latter, strange to say, is 

 an example of the Cinereous Shearwater {Puffinus kuhli) 

 from Beyrout, but not of the Atlantic P. major, which is 

 abundant on the American coasts. Probably there has been a 

 mistake in sorting the specimens ; for, so far as I am aware, 

 the yellow-footed Mediterranean bird has not been found 

 beyond the Canaries and Madeira, and perhaps the Azores. 

 The Mormonidae and Alcidse are particularly good, and, in 



