JOURNAL OF THE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY 

 TOKYO, JAPAN. 



VOL, XXIII, ARTICLE 14. 



Contributions to the Ornis of Saghalin.'^ 



By 



Professor Br. Einav Lönnberg, Stookholui. 



In the year 1906 Professor I. Ljima made an expedition to 

 Saglialia for the purpose of zoological researches. This ex- 

 pedition brought back a considerable ornithological material 

 consisting of 99 species represented by several hundred skins 

 and by some nests and eggs. Thanks to the kindness of Professor 

 I. IjiMA and of Mr. Alan Owston, this interesting material was 

 placed at disposal of the present author for examination and to 

 report on. 



The ornis of Saghalin has hitherto been known mainly 

 through the investigation of Nikolski, who has published a 

 paper on the "Island Saghalin and its fauna" (in Russian)."^ 

 This work was extensively quoted by Taczanowski in his 

 valuable work " Faune ornithologique de la Sibérie orientale "'^ 



Nikolski enumerates and mentions 152 species of birds, 

 which were either collected by himself or had been observed or 

 collected by others in or near Saghalin. Several of these are 

 missing in Professor Ijima's collection, as is natural, because 



1) Coiuniunicatcd by Professor I. IjiMA. 



2) Siipiski Imperatorskoi Akaderaii Nauk. Saiikl-Peterbnrg, 188Ü. 



o) Mem. tie I'Aca.l. Imp. des Sc. de St. Pétersbourg. VII ber., T. XXXIX. 1891. 



