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were quite similar. The owner of the four remaining 

 specimens known, Mr. W. Pousar, Finland, has kindly sent 

 me word that his birds also are similar. The only difference 

 consists in the fact that one of his specimens has brown 

 inottlings on the under-side of the tail-feathers and not only 

 on the upper-side. Another specimen has (a pathological 

 feature) a few white feathers in a single transverse series 

 on the occiput. 



The dimensions of Mr. Pousar's specimens are given by 

 himself as follows : — 



«• b. c. d. 



w . min - mm. mm. mm. 



™« 3G0 360 370 370 



Jiul 270 260 290 2-<0 



Breadth of tail-feathers ... . 3-5-41 31-39 35^40 36-41 



^ a f US 67 68 68 66 



Cl,lmen 44 46 45 40 



The tail in these specimens appears to be a little longer, 

 but otherwise the measurements agree quite well with those 

 of my own examples. 



The total length in three specimens measured by Mr 

 Merilaineu was respectively 81, 81, and 82 cm., and the two 

 former of these measured from tip to tip of the wings 

 113 and 117 cm. respectively. 



All the specimens known of this peculiar Capercaillie are 

 males and were shot in Finland. They were all bought 

 in the market at Helsingfors, and in consequence of this the 

 precise locality and date could not be ascertained in every 

 case. According to the information received, the first 

 specimen was killed at Kajana, Central Finland, on the 

 7th of December, 1896. This specimen belongs to Mr. Pousar 

 and is that marked a above. One of my specimens was 

 killed on the 11th of February, 1897, in the Government 

 district of Uleaborg, Finland. Mr. Pousar's specimen was 

 killed on the 26th of November, 1897, in the Government 

 district of St. Michel in the interior of Southern Finland • 

 specimen in December, 1898, in the Government district of 

 Uleaborg, Finland ; specimen in the same district on the 



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