NOTES OX A COLLECTION OF BIRDS FlîOM TSUSHIMA. 121 



maiURT of fliuht i.s siiiiilp.r to tluit of otlier woodpeckers. The collectors 

 have often marked the spot where tlie liird alighted, aiid on more 

 than one occasion, tliey discovered it ag'ain on flic (jrinivil. Avhence it 

 climbed up a tree-trunk in the nsual manner on tlieir ap[)roach, [ do 

 not know whether a similar hahit has ever Ijeen noticed in any other 

 woodpecker. 



The lower classes of the inhabitants of Tsushima hold this bird 

 in some deuree of religious awe. Some natives, as Mr. Xamiye tells 

 me, indulu'c in the superstiti()ri that when I)udd]ia was in the process 

 of creating man, a certain being called aina-no-jaliuma pressed to lune 

 a certain part put on his forehead instead of much lower down on his 

 body, and that that being was none else than the woodpecker in (jues- 

 tion. Hence the natives call this bird h\ that name. In ordinary 

 •lapanese, amn-no-jaliu or amd-no-jdhimu (evidently of buddhistic origin) 

 is an appellation gi\en t() a cross-minded person. 



'1Ö. lyngipicus kisuki, (T.) 



Kogem. 



1 he t\pical foriu lound on the Hondo also occurs (jn Tsushima. 

 It Avas tound to Ik; \ei"y common. Six s])ccimens were obtained 

 l)etwecn Fel)r. 19th aiid March IDtli. T'hey agree in colour and 

 markings -with specimen.-; collecteil in Provinces Sagami and llida. 



i^(i. Turlur gelaslis, (T.i 



Kijiljiito. 



Abundant on the island. Xine specimens (jbtained. Length of 

 wing, measured from the cai-])al joint, 183 — 197 mm. 



