490 NOTES ON JAPANESE BIRDS STEJNEGER. 



(63) Sterna camtschatica Pall. 



Records of this si)ecies from Japan are not uuuierous. The present 



collection contains three specimens, one adult (471) from Nanaura, 



Boshiu, province of Awa, and two yonng (472 and 478), the former 



from the same locality, October 9, 1883, the latter fron the province of 



Shimosa, November 1, 1883. These are identical with Kamtschatkan 



specimens in corresponding jilumage, though the tarsus is somewhat 



shorter. The U. S. National Museum possesses a fine adult male (No. 



85783), collected by Mr. Jouy on May 9, 1881, at Tomiyoka Point, near 



Yokohama. 



Sterna bergii Light., subsp? 



No. 1180 is another male of this form obtained October, 1889. by Mr. 

 Nishi in the Yayeyama Islands. It is somewhat smaller than the first 

 specimen described by me (Proc. U, S. Nat. Mus., 1887, p. 393), but ap- 

 parently otherwise similar. 



The question raised {loo. cit.) as to the correct subspecific name of 

 this form has not been answered as yet. 



(83) Puffinus tenuirostris (Temm.). 



A specimen collected by Mr. Ota in the province of Owari, Hondo 

 (No. "BB"), deserves to be mentioned in addition to the other Japanese 

 specimens already on record. 



^strelata leucoptera (Gould). 



In regard to this interesting addition to the Japanese fauna Dr. Ijima 

 writes me that it was caught in the province of Mino, after a storm, in 

 1885. 



This is the species often referred to as ^. desolata (Gm.), but although 

 it is Kuhl's ProceUaria desolata it is not the bird so named by Gmelin, 

 which is Balibama desolata. It is referred to as doubtfully occurring 

 in Kamtschatka in my List of the Birds of Kamtschatka (Res. Orn, 

 Expl. Kamtsch. Command. lis. 1885, p. olG). 



^^. leucoptera is a smaller species, but otherwise much like Salvin's 



^. ylicwpyga. 



Bulweria bulweri (Jard. & Selby). 



A specimen of this species, which has only recently been found in the 

 Pacific (Pr. U. S. Nat. ]Mus., 1890, p. 380), was captured at Nikko, as 

 Dr. Ijima writes, probably driven inland by a storm. He adds: "I 

 have another very bad specimen which was picked up on the shore of 

 Sulphur Island." Mr. Hoist, who collected for Mr. Seebohm, found it 

 very common on Sulphur Island, where it may possibly breed (Ibis, 

 1891, p. 192). 



Glareola orientalis Leach. 



Specimen No. 1106, 9 , collected by Dr. Ijima in the province of Hi- 

 tachi, adds not only a new species but a whole family to the Japanese 



