the Banks of the Lena River. 429 



32. Cuculus canorus telephonus Heine. 



Cuculus borealis Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso- Asiat. i. p. 443 (1831 : 

 partim ! "Per universam Rossiam et Sibiriam." Pallas' s 

 name borealis cannot be accepted for the Siberian Cuckoo. 

 Though it is by no means a " nomen nudum," as supposed 

 by Tschusi, it is only given as a new name to Linnseus's 

 Cuculus canorusjj. 



Cuculus telephonus Heine, Journ. f. Orn. 1863, p. 352 

 (Japan). 



Cuculus canorus johanseni Tschusi, Orn. Jahrb. 1903, 

 p. 165 (Tomsk in Siberia). 



Two Cuckoos were obtained. They differ from European 

 examples by the very narrow bars on the under side, the scanty 

 spotting on the under tail-coverts, and the rather long wings 

 (230 and 233 mm.). It seems to me that Siberian, Kamt- 

 schatkan, and Japanese Cuckoos are similar, and in that case 

 their name would be Cuculus canorus telephonus. If the 

 Japanese form were distinguishable, the Siberian form would 

 be called C. c. johanseni. 



cJ ad. Ustkutsk, 12. vi. 1903. " Bill blackish, base of 

 lower mandible yellowish ; feet yellow ; iris blackish. ' ; 

 (No. 38.) 



Yakutsk, 22. vi. 1903. (No. 159.) 



33. Cuculus saturatus Blyth. 



Cuculus saturatus Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xii. p. 942 

 (1843 : ex Hodgson, IMS. : India). 



? ? . Lena River, 20 miles north and a few miles south 

 of the Arctic Circle. " Legs orange ; bill slate-coloured, 

 utmost base of mandible orange ; iris yellow." The colour 

 of the iris is different in C. canorus and C. saturatus. 



34. Dendrocopus major (L.). 



Picas major Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 114 (1758: 

 " Habitat in Europa." Typ. loc. Sweden). 

 S ad. Zarkarminski, 8. vi. 1903. (No. 21.) 

 2 S ad. Ustkutsk, 12. vi. 1903. (Nos. 40, 72.) 



1 <?,2 ? ad. Yakutsk, June 1903. (Nos. 122, 143, 158.) 



2 pulli. Yakutsk, 23. vi. 1903. (Nos. 123, 124.) 



