6. ERiTHAcrs. 299 



The Corean Robin is supposed to be peculiar to the peninsula 

 vrhose name it bears. 



It is not known that any examples of this fine species exist in 

 European collections, except the types in the Leyden Museum, from 

 which the above descriptions are taken. 



6. Erithacus akaMge. 



Sylvia akahige, Temm. PI. Cul. no. 571 (1824). 



Ervthacus akahige (Temm.), Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 182 (1846); id. 



'Uand4. B. i. p. 2i>:3. no. 3194 (1869) : Sicuihoe, P. Z. S. 1871, 



p. 359; David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 230 (1877); Blakiston &■ 



Pnjer, Ibis, 1878. p. 239. 

 Lusciola akahige (Temm.), Temm. et Schl. Faun. Japan., Aves, p. 55, 



pi. xxi. B (1847). 

 nubecula akahige {Temm.), Bp. C'onsp. i. p. 295 (1850). 



In the adidt male the general colour of the upper parts is russet- 

 brown, shading into ohve-brown on the rump ; forehead, lores, 

 ear-coverts, chin, throat, upper breast, upper taU-coverts, and tail 

 orange-chestnut ; quiUs and wing-coverts brown, margined on the 

 outer webs with russet-brown : lower breast slate-grey, very dark 

 where it j oins the chestnut of the upper breast, shading into russet- 

 brown on the flanks and into white on the centre of the bellv and 

 under tail-coverts : axiUaries and under taU-coverts russet-brown ; 

 inner margin of quills pale brown. Bill with the upper mandible 

 brown and the under mandible pale brown. Wing with the third, 

 fourth, and filth primaries nearly equal and longest, second pri- 

 mary about equal to the eighth, bastard primary 0-7 to 0-65 inch. 

 Legs, feet, and claws brown. Length of wing 3-0 to 2-9 inches, 

 tail 2-1 to 2-0, culmen 0-61 to 0-6, tarsus 1-17 to 1-1. 



The female differs from the male in having the chestnut paler 

 and duller, and the slate-grey rejilaced by brown. Birds of the 

 year and ijoung in Jirst plumage are unknown. 



The Japanese Robin breeds on the high mountains of Japan, and 

 is supposed to be a resident on the islands. It has also been re- 

 corded from Xorth-east China. 



a. Ad. St. Japan. Leyden Museum. 



b. Ad. sk. Japan. E. Wilson, Esq. 



7. Erithacus mbeciila. 



La Eouge-gorsre, Brins. Orn. iii. p. 418 (1760) ; Biif. Hist. Xaf. Ois 

 V. p. 196; nb xi. (1778). 



Motacilla Tuhecnla, Linn. S>/sf. Xat. i. p. 337 (1766); Tttnst. Orn. 

 Brit. p. 2 (1771); Gmel'. S)/st. Xat. i. p. 993 (1788); Bechst. 

 Xaturg. DeutsrJd. iv. p. 580 (1795). 



Sylvia rubecula (Linn.), Scop. Ann. i. p. 156 (1769) ; Lath. Gen, 

 Si/n. Suppl. i. p. 287 (1787); id. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 520 (1790); 

 Bechst. Orn. Taschenb. i. p. 177 (1802) : Wolf, Taschenb. i. p. 238 

 (1810); Temm. Man. d'Orn. p. 115 (1815); Koch, Si/st. haier, 

 Zo<,l. i. p. 152 (1816) ; Temm. Man. d'Orn. i. p. 215 (1820) ; 

 Menctr. Cat. Pais. Cauc, p. 35 (1832) ; Xord?n. Demid. Voy.Rnss, 

 merid. iii. p. 138 (1^0) ; Werner, Atlas, Imectiv, pi. 49 (1642). 



