CONTRIBUTIONS TO TllK OllXIS OF SAGIIALIN. '65 



collected several specimens ol' it in tiic niicUlle parts of the island. 

 It is no doubt a breeder on Saglialin. 



Professor Ijima's notes on the species read : The song of 

 this bird, or rather its shrill cry, sounds somewhat like the 

 prolonged neighing of a horse and is similar to that of the 

 Japanese Robin, J^. ahahige. It can be heard from a great 

 distance. I have often heard the birds near Tretiya Padj as 

 well as in the hills near Vladimirofka. They may be said to 

 be common in forests of large trees ; however, owing to their 

 shyness, the chances to get a shot at them were very rare." 



40. Lafvivora cijane (Pallas). 

 Troitskoe : Id^, June 11. 



This bird is probably not common in Saglialin as the col- 

 lection contains only a single specimen. 



The specimen before me is washed with a creamy yellow 

 tint across the upper breast. 



Not mentioned by Nikolski. 



41. laiithia vijanuva (Pallas). 



Mouth of öusuya River : Ic/^, May 18 ; lo^, May 19. 

 Tretiya Padj : lo^, June 12. 

 Chipesani: 1$, Aug. 15; 1Ç, Sept. 20. 



The two first mentioned males are in female plumage ; they 

 thus corroborate tlio opinion expressed by earlier authors that 

 the male of the species takes more than a year to acquire full 

 plumage. 



