346 BRITISH BIRDS. 



Another point of much interest is the fact that this species 

 has gradually established itself in the Ufa Government of 

 European Russia in considerable numbers during the last ten 

 or twelve years, as recorded by E. Remann in the " Ornith. 

 Jahrbuch," 1908, p. 232, where he ascribes their presence to 

 the fact that the virgin steppes are now being brought under 

 cultivation by the Mennonite (i.e. Moravian) colonists. 

 Flocks consisting of many hundred birds are now to be met 

 with in autumn after the harvest. 



F. C. R. JOUEDAIN. 



