no. '.727. BIRDS OF THE 1006 " VLB \Tltnss" CRl Is/: n. IRK. 09 



HYPOCENTOR RUSTICA < Pallas). 

 RUSTIC BUNTING. 



This species was not rare about Petropaulski, although not as 

 abundant as tlio preceding, frequenting the scrubby hillsides. 



A series of twelve males from Petropaulski, Bering Island, Ye/.o, 

 and Pekin, China, shows no appreciable difference in coloration 

 correlated with locality. The Kamchatkan birds are the largest, 

 the Japanese specimens intermediate, and the Chinese ones the 

 smallest. 



PASSER MONTANUS MONTANUS (Linnasus). 

 TREE SPARROW. 



Sparrows were very common about all the Japanese towns, the 

 Tree Sparrow of Europe becoming the House Sparrow of the east. 

 One can not help noticing many advantages in having this neat, 

 quiet, and unobtrusive little bird about a town rather than its larger, 

 noisier, and"more obstreperous relative. On Matsushima also this 

 species was common about the houses and in the cultivated fields. 



A specimen from Hakodate, taken July 3, 1906, and two males 

 from Fusan, taken on November 8, 1885, agree well with European 

 examples in color, but, as in the case of all the eastern specimens in 

 the museum, the beak is somewhat stouter. Although I have re- 

 ferred the eastern birds to true Passer montanus montanus, I am not 

 certain that it would not be better to recognize them as Passer mon- 

 tanus orientalis. 



Family IIIRUNDINID.E. 



HIRUNDO ERYTHROGASTER Boddaert. 

 BARN SWALLOW. 



A few Barn Swallows were noticed about the village of CJnalaska 

 at the time of our visit. 



HIRUNDO TYTLERI Jerdon. 

 BROWN-BELLIEE SWALLOW. 



This species was seen at Petropaulski at the time of our visit. 

 They were not numerous, and none were obtained. 



HIRUNDO RUSTICA GUTTURALIS (Scopoli). 

 EASTERN CHIMNEY SWALLOW. 



This swallow was common about the Japanese towns, especially 

 at Hakodate, where it was frequently seen to enter houses. 1 also 

 found it common on Matsushima. 



