TO RUSSIA AND BACK, 7 
I must now say something of the Museum, which is at 
the Academy of Sciences (between the Exchange and the 
University), and contains the famous Mammoth, whose 
unfossilized remains were found embedded in ice on the 
banks of the Lena. Professor Brandt was away, but I was 
glad to meet Dr. Radde, who drew attention to his Fuligula 
baeri, which would appear to be one of those puzzling 
hybrid Ducks, (Reisen im Siiden von Ost-Sibirien in den 
Jahren 1855—1859, p. 376,) and to the beautiful specimens 
of Anas falcata and A. glocitans, which latter is the species 
to which by English authors some hybrids were incorrectly 
assigned under the name of “Bimaculated Duck.” I also 
especially noticed no less than twenty varieties of the 
Blackgrouse, and several of the Capercaillie, also both 
sexes of the spurious Rakkelhan Grouse (Tetrao medius 
(Meyer) Tem.), the female of which appears to be exactly 
like a small female Capercaillie. Another handsome cross 
is that between the Black Grouse and Willow Grouse, of 
which I afterwards saw several, but did not succeed in 
obtaining a specimen. I had hoped to find a good series 
of the Red-breasted Goose, but I only saw four; one of 
them a plain grey bird without a particle of red was marked 
a female, doubtless immature. The collection of Brazilian 
species is large; but not being well up in South American 
birds, I directed my attention to the specimen of the Great 
Auk. I found that there was no egg of this bird in the 
Museum, but Professor Newton had told me that he 
believed there were two in the city, and I set on foot 
enquiries, but without any result beyond learning that 
Mr. Champley of Scarborough had been making enquiries 
before me. 
Perthshire. They come earlier and are smaller than the Norwegian, 
and may be known by having been shot. Numbers are also sent to 
the Glasgow poulterers, according to Mr. Gray. (B. of Scotland, 
p. 228.) 
