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Tetrao urogallus uralexsis, Menzb. 



(J adult. Nijni Novgorod, 10. ix. 91. Lorenz coll. 

 (Mounted). 



(J adult. Leadenliall Market. (Skin). 

 To illustrate the difl'erence in size between the male and 

 female. 



? adult incomplete male plumage. Ufa, xii. 89. Lorenz 

 coll. (Mounted), 



? adult assuming raaleplumage. Lorenz coll.? (Mounted). 

 Showing a slight admixture of female plumage. 



$ adult in complete male plumage. Purchased from a 

 game-dealer in Manchester, x. 87. Messrs. Brazeuor Bros. 

 (Skin). 



? adult assuming male plumage. Bought of the late 

 Mr. Eck, St. Petersburg. (Skin). With some female 

 feathers on the breast and interscapular region. 



[Tetrao urogallus, L. Females in male plumage were 

 erroneously figured and described by the late Dr. A. 

 B. Meyer as hybrids between Capercaillie ^ X Black 

 Grouse ? , as opposed to the " Rackelhahn/' which is the 

 hybrid between Black Grouse (J x Capercaillie ? . The 

 first-mentioned hybrid has not yet been obtained.] 



Lyrurus tetrix (L. ). 



? adult assuming male plumage. Vologda, xii. 89. Lorenz 

 coll. (Mounted). 



3 ? adult assuming male plumage. Wiebke coll. ? 

 (Mounted). 



? adult assuming male plumage. Orenburg, xii. 79. 

 Lorenz coll. (Mouuted). 



(^ adult assuming female plumage. Wiebke coll. ? 

 (Mounted) . 



7 ? in various stages, assuming male plumage. 2 Oren- 

 burg ; 2 Perm; 1 Vologda; 1 Nijni Novgorod; 1 Kazan. 

 Wiebke coll. (Skins). 



$ assuming male plumage. Purchased of Herr Poppe, 

 St. Petersburg. (Skin). 



