REVIEW OP JAPANESiJ BIRDS. 



VII. — The Ckeepeks. 

 By liEoiviiAiiso .*$te:.ii\e:ogr. 



The anthoritics are now i>retty well a.i;reed that there occur in Japan 

 two lorius of the Coniiuon Creeper [Ccrthia familiar U), the habitats of 

 which are separated by " Blakistou's Line." Their relations, however, 

 have been barely touched upon by previous writers, so that some ad 

 djtioual remarks may not be out of place. 



It should be remarked that our material is very scant, and that ad- 

 ditional siiecimens of Cree[)ers from all i)arts of the empire are very 

 desirable. 



The Japanese forms may be distiiig'uished as follows: 



a'. — White iiiarkiugs. :ibove smaller, more or less tinged with tawuy ; abdomen, 

 Ihiuks and under tail-coverts more or less strongly siifi'ased with tawnj^ 



C.J'amiliitrifi. 



a-. — White markings above larger and purer; entire under surface pure white, witli 

 hardly any trace of tawny on llanks and under tail-coverts. 



C. famiJiaris svanduhtca. 

 (ISl) Certhia familiaris Lixn. 



Common Creeper. Kiba-shiri. 



llbS.— Ccrthia familiaris LiNX., S. N., 10 ed., I, p. 118.— Id., S. N., 12 ed., I, p. 164 

 (1766).— Blakist. &, PiiYEit, Ibis, 1878, p. 230 {part).— lid.. Trans. As. Soc. 

 Jap., VIII, 1880, p. 210 {part}.— lid., ibid., X, 1882, p. 138 (^jarf).— Blak- 

 ist., Chrysanth., Feb., 1883, p. . — Id., Amend. List B. Ja])., p. 14 



{part) (1884).— JOUY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VI, 1883, p. 28U {part).— 

 KiDGWAY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VI, 1883, p. 370 {part). 



1770. — Motacilla scolopacina Stkom, Norske Videusk. Selsk. Nye Skr., II (p. 367, 

 pi. -). 



1831. — Certhia macrodadyJa BuEiiM, Ilandb. Vog. Deutschl., p. 208. 



16'Sl.— Certhia septeutriomdis Bkeiim, Handb. V6g. Deutschl., p. 210, j)!. xiv, fig. .0. 



1847. — Certhia costw Bailly, Observ. Ois. Savoie, p. — . 



184d.—Cerlhia f Temm. & Sciileg., Fauna Japon., Aves, p. 138. 



1850 — Certhia nattereri Boxap., Cousp. Av., I, p. 224 {vec C. natlercri Boxap., 1838? 

 nomen nudum.). 



I8b2.— Certhia tarneri Reichexbach, Handb. Spec. Orn., .Scans., p. 2G3. 



1855. — Certhia microrhynvhos Bkeiim, Naumaunia, 1855, p. 274 (nom. uud.). 



l^:£, — Certhia familiaris niacrodactyla Bkehm, Naumaunia, 18.56, p. 357. 



lf^5G. — Certhia familiaris vera Brehm, Naumaunia, 1856, p. 357. 



lH!oG.— Ccrthia familiaris septcntrionalis BiiEiiM, Naumaunia, 1856, p. 357. 



1856. — Certhia familiaris hrachyrhynclios Bkeiim, Naumaunia, 1856, p. 358. 



1856. — Certhia familiaris pmiUa Bkeh.m, Naumaunia, 18.56, p. 358. 



1867. — Certhia irachydactyla Gerbe, Orn. Eur., I, p. 187 {ncc Bkeiim). 



1883.— iCerthia familiaris} ? costw Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VI, 1883, p. 112. 



Messrs. Blakiston and Fryer as early as 1878 (Ibis, 1878, i). 230) re- 

 cognized differences between the Creepers inhabiting Yezo and "those 

 from the south." Mr. E. Eidgway, who also compared specimens from 

 Yezo and Iloudo, made a similar remark (Proc. U. S. Kat. Mus., VI, 



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