42 ARKIV FÖR ZOOLOGI. BAND 5. N:0 0. 



from Tian Slian. The vvhite feathers bordering the bare 

 throat are a little more butfish tlian in Swedish specimens. 

 Taczanowski says also (1. c. p. 1073) that his colour is 

 »ochracée påle semblable au cuir tanné.» 



Podiceps eri status (Linn^tjs). 



Worouv 9 (n:o 24) "/r. 1908. 



The hood or ruff is short and påle, not fully developed. 



Additioiial remark to p. 29. 



Since the above already was printed I liave had the opportunity of 

 procuring a skin of a Hoopoe from Japan- This specimen which was shot 

 at Hinga, Kiushin '/* 1905, is certainly not a representative of Uimjm 

 epojJS satwafa as it is niuch paler than the latter race. The Japanese 

 specimen is even paler and less vinous below than European specimens 

 and resembles in this respect a specimen from Tian Shan. The inter- 

 scapuliiim is more dusky, that is, its colouration shades more intogrey 

 than in European specimens, althouo-h it is by far not so dark as in U. 

 epops aaturata. Accordinw to a communication from Mr. Owston it is 

 quite uncertain whether the Hoopoe ever breeds in Japan, (In Ogawa's 

 »Handlist of. the Birds of Japan», Annot. Zool. Japon. Vol. VI Part. V 

 Tokyo 1908 »IJpupa epop)S Linn.» is recorded for »Hokkaidö, Ise, Kiu-shiu, 

 Nagoya».) It is well known that these birds often stray away far from 

 their regular hannts. It has repeatedly haj^pened that straying Hoopoes 

 have been shot in the northern parts of öweden and even on Spitzbergen. 

 It is thus possible or probable that Hoopoes now and then may cross 

 över to Japan from the opposite continent, and these straying individuals 

 may then have originated sometimes from one country sometimes from 

 another. In siich a way it may be explained why Japanese specimens of 

 Hoopoe in the Tring museum are as dark as the Mongolian race, l>ut the 

 one mentioned above is not. 



Tryckt den 10 juni 1909. 



Uppsala 190'J. Almqvist ä Wiksells Boktryckeri-A.-B. 



