112 Messrs. H. Seebolim and J. /V. Harvie Brown on 
f- Asio ACC1PITRINUS (Pall.). 
We only saw four Sliort-eared Owls—the first on the 23rd 
May, at Ust Zylma, and the last about 60 miles down the 
river. 
Bubo ignavus, Forst. 
We did not meet with this Owl, but twice saw skins of birds 
shot near Ust Zylma. 
Dryocopus martius (L.). 
Piottuch chased one of these birds for an hour or more on 
an island of the Petchora, near Ust Zylma; and we once 
or twice recognized its cry in the woods; but we did not suc¬ 
ceed in obtaining a specimen. 
Picus minor, L. 
This species is not uncommon in the birch-forests, as far 
north as the latter extend. 
Picus tridactylus (L.). 
The Three-toed Woodpecker is not so common as the pre¬ 
ceding ; but we occasionally saw it in the birch-forests. On 
the 14th June we took a nest, with newly hatched young, in 
a birch tree at Chuvinski. We only met with it once in the 
pine-forests at Habafiki; but the larch trees, which composed 
a considerable portion of the timber growth at that locality, 
had the bark completely riddled with holes, made either by 
this or some other species of Woodpecker. These larch trees 
were perfectly sound to the core, as we had abundant oppor¬ 
tunity of proving when they were cut down for firewood. 
CuCULUS CANORUS, L. 
We first heard the Cuckoo on the 3rd June. It appeared 
to be not uncommon near Ust Zylma and at Habariki; but we 
did not meet with it north of the river Yorsa. 
Corvus corax, L. 
Havens were abundant at Ust Zylma during the whole time 
of our stay there; and young birds were brought to us on the 
2nd June. We afterwards met with the species, but only 
rarely, as far north as Yassilkova, near Alexievka. 
