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quadricolor, Carpophaga pulchella, and Criniger aureus proved 

 to be new to science, as well as many more species from 

 Celebes itself, a list of which I have given in the ' Journal fur 

 Ornithologie ' (1873, p. 404), as well as a list of birds not 

 known from Celebes before my sojourn there. 



XI. Contributions to the Ornithology of Siberia. 

 By HENRY SEEBOHM. 



[Continued from p. 18.] 



TETRAO UROGALLUS, Linn. 



The Capercailzie was not nearly so common as the Black 

 Grouse ; but I succeeded in obtaining two males and two 

 females. I shot the first female on the 29th of April. In 

 this bird the feathers on the feet extended halfway down the 

 last joint of the toes, within a quarter of an inch of the claws. 

 The second example was shot on the 10th of June ; and the 

 feathers on the feet extended only halfway down the first 

 joint of the toes, nearly an inch and a half from the claws. 

 The crops of these birds were full of the spine-like leaves of 

 the cedar and Scotch fir. I saw no trace of T. urogalloides. 



TETRAO TETRIX, Linn. 



Black Grouse were common during our stay at Koo-ray'- 

 i-ka. They appeared to find abundance of food in the buds 

 of the birch and hazel in 'the severest weather. It was not 

 an uncommon thing to see half a dozen of them in one tree 

 together. We saw no more of them after passing the limit 

 of forest-growth. 



TETRASTES BOXASIA (Linn.). 



I shot the first pair of Hazel- Grouse on the 3rd of May, 

 and occasionally picked up a pair afterwards. On the 25th 

 of June I took a nest with eight eggs. These birds were very 

 easy to shoot. When disturbed from the ground they took 

 refuge in a tree, where they allowed themselves to be easily 

 stalked, not appearing to be alarmed at the rattling of my 

 snow-shoes on the hard crust of the snow. The sailors told 

 me they had been common in the autumn, but had disappeared 



