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in the vicinity of Orenburg,- and that during the winter of 1887-1888 they were quite numerous 

 in that district. It does not appear to have been met with in Transcaspia; but Severtzoff records 

 it from Vernoe in Turkestan and the Mongolian slopes of the Altai range. It is found across 

 Siberia to the far eastern portion of that country. 



According to Godlewski (Tacz. Faun. Orn. Sib. Orient, p. 684) this Bullfinch is " tolerably 

 common in winter in the Southern Baikal, and in Dauria, where it is found chiefly in the forests, 

 and feeds on the seeds of the birch and of Rhododendron dahuricum, and though often found on 

 the skirts of the forests near the villages, yet it is never found, like the common Bullfinch, on the 

 corn-stacks. Its presence is easily distinguishable from that of the common Bullfinch by its 

 call-note, which is clear and fine, whereas that of the latter is harsh. It nests in the vicinity of 

 the Southern Baikal, and is often seen in the breeding-season, when it inhabits the upper part 

 of the conifer region. We never succeeded in finding the nest, in spite of all our endeavours 

 to do so." 



Mr. Domes (J. f. O. 1888, p. 81) obtained one on the island of Askold, where it is found in 

 flocks of five to fifteen individuals throughout the year, except during the breeding-season, as, he 

 says, it appears to go north to breed, to beyond the Amoor. Dr. Dybowski also obtained it on 

 the Onon and at the mouth of the Ussuri. 



As a straggler it has occurred once in the Nearctic Region, as the species was first 

 described from a specimen obtained at Nulato, on the middle Yukon, on the 10th June, 18G7, 

 by Mr. W. H. Dall. Dr. L. Stejneger, who compared Prof. Baird's type of P. cassini with an 

 undoubted specimen of P. cineracea, has shown that the two are most certainly specifically 

 identical. 



So far as I can ascertain, the nest and eggs of this Bullfinch are as yet unknown, but they 

 will in all probability be found to resemble those of our European Bullfinch. 



The specimens figured are the male and female above described, and are in my own 

 collection. 



In the preparation of the above article I have examined the following specimens : — 



E Mas. H. E. Dresser, 

 a, tf . Onon, Siberia, December 4th, 1872; b, $ . Onon, January 17th, 1873 (Dr. Dybowski). 



E Mus. Brit. 



a > b, £ , c, d, $ . Onon River, January 1873 (Dr. Dyboivski). e, £ ,/, $ . Kultuk, Lake Baikal, March. 



