Letters, Notes and Extracts. 365 
As to the size of these specimens, I here quote my notes 
fully :-— 
EOC ogsterate ois hs, esses. Anadyr. California. 
anes = \ i = ‘ 
ER Ore eA Te ee cies 3s Ad. ‘Adaya: AG. (Ade) dha 
SLEDS Die lind 61s 6b Gee ROE P P P Be Q. 
RVC be techisiciel lava « o> 2 ses 500 500 480 495 520 = 455 
ST aa ence pie) oi< «fc = 0s 0) < 170 195 180 183 «4195. 175 
EPRI) Masti t ciate 5,219.4) oc0-a.018 190 225° 185 218 235 §©=s«4198 
Middle toe with claw .... 80 99 81 89 94 84 
Culmen (exposed) ...... 82 102 89 90 (126) 92 
Billirom GAVE > sa. aes « 90 108 96 97 (135) 97 
Bill from nostrils........ 60 68 59 60 (89) 60 
The measurements are in millimetres, and those of the 
bill of the female of the Californian species are bracketed, 
as it had a malformation of this organ, the maxilla being 
unusually elongated and hooked. 
So ‘it is obvious that the Cranes of the North-eastern 
shore of Siberia are, as might well be expected, identical with 
those of Western America, and “ Grus niediecki” is only a 
synonym of G. canadensis. 
Yours &e., 
S. A. Bururuin. 
St. Petersburg, Zool. Mus. Acad., 
Feb, 2nd, 1907. 
Sirs,—Mr. A. Hyatt-Verrill, of Newhaven, U.S.A., has 
favoured me with the following communication in reference 
to the alleged extinction of the Dominican Parrot (Chrysotis 
bouquett) :— 
“ My attention has just been called to your article in ‘The 
Ibis’ for October 1906, in which you state, on the authority 
of Mr. Clark, that the Dominican Chrysotis bouqueti is 
extinct. During the past three years I have resided in 
Dominica, and have made extensive collections of the birds. I 
have found Chrysotis bouqueti particularly abundant and easy 
to procure, and have secured over forty specimens. Graf von 
Berlepsch has a number which I sent him, and others were 
disposed of to various collectors. This species is increasing 
