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is lovely weather. Our luggage has not yet come from 

 the Custom House. 



In the afternoon we went with Mr. and Mrs. Birse 

 and a Kussian friend to the Museum, with which we 

 were very favourably impressed. It contained a very fair 

 collection of birds, all of which we were assured had 

 been killed in the Government of Archangel, but unfor- 

 tunately there were no exact localities or dates. The 

 collection we found very well worth a visit, and Mr. 

 Birse promised to introduce us to the manager, w T ho is a 

 good ornithologist, and from whom we hope to get more 

 information about some of the specimens. 

 Of mammals, Alston noted 



(Vespertilio?) Bat. 



(Putorius ermineus) Stoat. 



(Putorius luteola). 



(Putorius putorius) Polecat. 



(Vulpes lagopus) Fox. 



(Gulo borealis) Glutton. 



(Lynx borealis) Lynx. 



(Pet. volans). 



(Sciurus vulgaris) Squirrel. 



Of birds, the most remarkable to us w r as a large Godwit, 

 labelled 'melanura,' but it seemed to us too big for that 

 species. Its measurements were Tarsus, 3 T 8 ^ ; tibia, 

 nearly 2 T 8 - ; middle toe, 2J ; bill, 4| ; wing, carpal joint to 



tip, 9 r V-l. 



We also noted some of the most interesting of the other 

 birds, and before we left Archangel we obtained a list, 

 which is given as an appendix. 



July 1. 



On the 1st of July, Monday, we at last got our luggage, 

 which had been detained in the blessed (?) Custom House 

 since the 19th of June. Some of the customs of this 

 country are certainly a nuisance. We went to the German 



