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Mr. S. A. Buturlin on Birds 



locality (Ssuram), containing some 54 specimens, has already 

 been published by Mr. Kobylin in the Russian sporting 

 periodical f Psovaya e Rujeinaya Okhota' ("Hunting and 

 Shooting') for 1905, pp. 137-144 and pp. 152-159, under 

 the title of " Materials for an Avifauna of the Caucasus/' 

 together with his field-notes. 



I now give a systematic list of the birds of Transcaucasia 

 collected by Mr. Kobylin during the years 1903-1905. 

 Others might doubtless have been added, but being a busy 

 man he had not much time to spare. For shortness' sake 

 only one list is given, but with three columns — 



I. for Kutais (Rion Valley, Black Sea basin) ; 

 II. for Akhalzikh (Kura Valley, Caspian Sea basin) ; 

 III. for Ssuram (one of the side valleys of the Upper Kura). 

 n. signifies that the species observed was nesting ; 

 h. „ wintering; 

 tr. „ on migration ; 

 ae. ,, in summer ; 

 v. „ in spring ; 

 au. ,, in autumn ; 

 s. „ sedentary ; 

 m. „ abundant ; 

 r. „ rare ; 



+ „ present (without further particulars) ; 



( ) ,, seen, but not skinned or even killed ; 



„ that the species was never observed ; 



* An asterisk prefixed denotes that the species is more fully dealt with 

 further on in the paper. 



1. Podicipes fluviatilis Tiinst. . 



2. Phalacrocorax carbo L 



3. Rallus aquaticus L 



4. Crex ci ex L 



5. Gallinula chloropus L 



6. Scolopax rusticola L 



7. Gallinago gallinago L 



8. Limicola platyrhyncha Temm. 



9. Tringa minuta Leisl. 



10. T. alpina L 



11. T. subarquata Giild 



12. Pavoncella pugnax L , 



13. Terekia cinerea Giild 



