114 Prof. Brandt on Siberian Birds described by Latham. 



ought to occupy. Messrs. Keyserling and Blasius, in their excellent 

 work, ' Die Wirbelthiere Europas,' p. xxx. No. 31, are of the same 

 opinion. The Haliaiitos unicolor of Mr. J. E. Gray (Illustrations of 

 Indian Zoology) appears to be the same species. 



PASSERINiE. 



1. Corvus dauricits, Pall. Itin. Append, p. 694. = Corvus (Mone- 

 dnla) daurica. The Corvus dauricus is a species very nearly allied 

 to the common jackdaw, and hence some naturalists, Gloger for in- 

 stance (Das Abaendern der Vogel, Breslau, 1833, 8vo. p. 144), 

 have taken it for a climatic variety of Corvus monediila. On the di- 

 stinctions of this species see Keyserling and Blasius, 1. c. p. xlv, and 

 Wagler, ' Syst. Avium,' Corvus. 



2. Merops j)ersicus,V&\\.^=Merops (Egyptius, Savigny. Le Guepier 

 Savigny male, Levaill. Prom, et Guep. pi. 6. 



3. Emberiza rutila, Pall. Itin. vol. iii. App. p. 698. No. 23 ; 

 Pallas, Zoogr. vol. ii. p. 53. No. 217. This is a true bunting, which 

 is very clearly distinguished from the species which I have called 

 Emberiza bruniceps (Bulletin de I'Acad. Imp. de Petersb.). 



4. Alauda mongoUca, Pall. Itin. App. p. 697. No. \9.—Alauda 

 (Calandra) mongoUca. This is a very distinct species belonging to 

 the subgenus Calandra or Melanocorypha, Boie, together with Alauda 

 tataricu, A. leucopteru, Pall, and A. bimuculata, Menetries (Catal. 

 des objets de zoologie du Caucase). 



5. Hirundo daurica, Linn. Mant. ; Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 576; Hi- 

 rundo alpestris. Pall. Itin. vol. ii. p. 709 ; Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. vol. i. 

 p. 534. pi. 30. A very distinct species from Eastern Siberia, of 

 which M. Kitthtz has brought a specimen from Manilla*. 



Geall^. 



1. Ckaradrius gregarius, Pall. Itin. vol. i. App. p. 206 ; Lath. Ind. 

 Orn. p. 745; Tringa fasciata, Gm. Itin. vol. ii. p. 194. pi. 26; 

 Tringa keptuschka, Lepechin, It. vol. ii. p. 229. =iVanellus gregarius. 

 Keys, et Blasius, 1. c. p. Ixx. The " Black-sided SandpijDer," Gray, 

 Ind. Zool., seems to belong to this species. 



2. Charadrius asiaticus, PaU. It. vol. ii. App. p. 715 ; Lath. Ind. 

 Orn. p. 746 ; Charadrius caspius. Pall. Zoogr. vol. ii. p. 136. pi. 58. 

 = Eudromias caspius. Keys, et Blasius, 1. c. A very distinct species, 

 and one which, if we are to characterize genera or subgenera by the 

 position and figure of the tarsal scutella, ought to be regarded as the 

 type of a separate group. 



3. Charadrius tataricus, Pall. It. vol. ii. App. p. 715 ; Lath. Ind. 

 Orn. vol. ii. p. 746 ; and Charadrius sibiricus, Lepechin, It. vol. ii. 

 pi. 6; Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 747. = Charadrius {Eudromias) morinellus, 

 Lin. Syst. Nat. vol. i. p. 254. 



Natatores. 

 A. Anatidae, seu Lamellirostres. 

 1. Anas grandis. Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 837; Pall. Zoogr. vol. ii. 



* The Hirundo eryihropygia described by Col. Sykes in the ' Proceedings 

 of the Zoological Society foV 1832,' p. 83, appears from the description to 

 be the same as //. daurica, Lin. — (H. E. S.) 





