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numbers about the middle of September, and occasionally remain as late as the early part of 
October.” It has been met with in China, and has occurred near Pekin during severe cold; but 
I do not find any record of its occurrence in Japan. 
As yet nothing appears to be recorded respecting the habits of the present species, which is 
even yet a somewhat rare bird in collections; nor is any thing definitely known respecting its 
nidification. Dr. Bree certainly figures what is supposed to be its egg, and states that it was 
sent to him by Professor Moquin-Tandon, who wrote that two eggs in his collection were taken 
in the south of Hungary, and sent to him by M. Raoul de Baracé D’Angers; but when at 
Pesth some years ago I made careful inquiry respecting the occurrence of the present species in 
Hungary of Herr Johann von Frivaldsky, the curator of the Museum, a first-rate oologist, who 
assured me that there was not even any authentic instance of a specimen having been obtained 
in Hungary, and he was quite sure that it had never been known to breed there. Under these 
circumstances, and as Professor Moquin-Tandon gives no further particulars respecting the 
identification of the eggs in question, I think that, to say the least, they must-be looked on with 
great suspicion. Mr. Taczanowski states (J. f. O. 1872, p. 434) that an egg sent to him from 
Jakutsk as that of the present species, but for the authenticity of which he will not vouch, 
resembles the egg of the Blue-throated Warbler, but is a trifle larger, and less marked with pale 
‘reddish spots, and he thinks it possible that it may be nothing but a Blue-throated Warbler’s 
ege. 
Brandt expressed doubt as to the identity between the Siberian and European birds, and 
proposed to separate the latter, the Accentor montanellus of Temminck, from the bird described 
by Pallas under the same name, and proposed to call the former Accentor temmincki; but after 
carefully examining the plate in Werner’s ‘ Atlas,’ as well as the one in Gould’s ‘ Birds of 
Europe,’ I cannot discover that there is any specific difference between the birds there figured 
and examples in my collection from Dauria, and have therefore put both Accentor temminchi, 
Brandt, and Accentor fulvescens, Severtzoff, as synonyms of the present species, but with a query ; 
for Dr. Severtzoff informs me that he is still doubtful, and I have not been able to examine and 
compare a series of specimens so as to speak with certainty on the question. 
The specimens figured are an adult male and female, from Kultuk, in my collection. 
In the preparation of the above article I have examined the following specimens :— 
E Mus. H. E. Dresser. 
a, 3, 6,9. Kultuk, Lake Baikal, April 14th and 20th, 1870 (Dr. Dybowsk:). 
E Mus. R. Swinhoe. 
a, gad, Kultuk, April 12th, 1870 (Dybowski). 6,2. Kulussutajeffsk, May 4th, 1856 (Dr. G. Radde). c, 3. 
Pekin, December 12th (Pére David). 
Swi 
