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thtjiii. A few days later, the l)ii-(l itself was si^'lited fjr the first time 

 at a ^illao•e called Kuiie-iiiaka. Its cry is very characteristic and 

 S(juiids somewhat like a ])rol(jij;u'ed '' iu/«//,'" alike in hotli sexes, verv 

 loud and heard for a great distance. This it repeats at intervals 

 when on the win^' as well as when clindjini»' trees. Oidv in the latter 

 case, each single " 7u/a/< " is less prolonged. besides the localities 

 ah-eady mentioned, Messrs. Xamiye and Tsuchida observed the hird 

 also in the villages of Xii, Takesliiki, Mitsune, »Sago, Sumo, ^.^c. The 

 specimens now^ in the Science College were shot, ;i pair at Kune-inaka 

 and a second female at Xii, as v\'ill be seen from the list I have given. 

 It is needless to say that the collectors made special endeavours to 

 secure more specimens ; but the Avariness and the rapid movemeiits 

 of this bird made approach dilhcult and ottered but little chances of 

 a shot. The collectors' own (observations and the answers ot natives 

 to iiKpiiries made at various localities, prove that tlii- fine wood[)ecker 

 is by n(j means rare on Tsushima. 



It finds its abode in dense, more or less- exten.>i> e forests of tall 

 pines, firs, crv[)tomeria.s, oaks, c;implior-trees Sec, Such a forest 

 usuallv exists in valleys between hills, and is known to natlNcs as 

 huromi (a darlc [)lace). The bird is never found in any nundjcrs 

 together ; perhaps a [)air is the utmost that a huromi might 

 harbour. Standing on the hill-to|), one hears its peculiar cry and 

 loud ta])pings at some considera,ble distance in the w<joded ^alley 

 Ijcneath; he descends to tlie spot probably to find the bird g<jne, but 

 some chi[>}>ings ot bark or wood strewn on the ground, and some bare 

 places on the tree-stem a.bo\e tells him the wo,rk it was recentlx' busy 

 at. Dead trees or bran<'lies naturally attract it when in search of 

 fjod, and it is said that the bird goes regular rounds to its fnoiiritc 

 trees every dav. Should one of its ti'ces be rec()gniyed, a collector 

 wotdd do well therefore to lie in andjusli awaitimi' its arrival. Its 



