180 Mr. H. Seebohm on the Ornithology of Siberia. 



Hobby from Kras -no-y arsk'. They are of the European form, 

 and not of that obtained by E/adde on the Amoor. 



ASTUR PALUMBARIUS (Linn.). 



Mr. Kibort has sent me a female Goshawk from Kras- 

 no-yarsk'. 



CIRCUS CINERACEUS (Mont.) . 



Mr. Kibort has sent me an adult male of Montagu's Har- 

 rier from Kras-no-yarsk'. 



SURNIA ULULA (Linn.) . 



Mr. Kibort has sent me a skin of a Hawk-Owl from Kras- 

 no-yarsk'. .Dr. Theel informs me that he met with this 

 species at Luscinova, in lat. 68J . 



NYCTALA TENGMALMI (Gmel.) . 



Mr. Kibort has sent me a skin of this Owl from Kras- 

 no-yarsk'. 



SYRNIUM URALENSE (Pall.). 



Mr. Kibort has sent me a fine male of the Ural Owl from 

 Kras-no-yarsk'. We might naturally have supposed that 

 it would be intermediate in colour between the European 

 bird and the Japanese subspecies fuscescens, Temm. On the 

 contrary, it differs quite as much from the European bird, 

 but in the opposite direction the white parts being very 

 white, and the dark parts being very dark and grey, not 

 brown. A careful examination of the skins in the British 

 Museum and in Dresser's and my own collections leads me 

 to the opinion that there is nothing in regard either of size 

 or colour that can entitle the Japanese bird to claim rank 

 even as a subspecies. 



Asio ACCIPITRINUS (Pall.). 



When I was in the valley of the Yen-e-say' I failed to 

 secure a specimen of the Short-eared Owl. Mr. Kibort has 

 now sent me two skins obtained near Kras-no-yarsk'. 



UPUPA EPOPS, Linn. 



Dr. Theel was told, on good authority, that the Hoopoe is 

 occasionally seen near Kras-no-yarsk'. 



