314 Capt. Blakiston on the Ornithology of Northern Japan. 



evening remind them of their wonted habit to visit some distant 

 feeding-ground. Then, again, glancing towards the rocky shore, 

 Cormorants in numbers may be seen perched on the ledges of 

 the cliffs, which have become whitened from their constant occu- 

 pation. Swallows are skimming over the ponds, or dipping in 

 the brook-like streams which course the lower lauds and abound 

 in excellent trout and other fish. A Shrike perched on a top- 

 most branch awaits the coming of some choice kind of winged 

 insect, which his eagle-eye detects from afar; but above all 

 soars 



Falco peregrinus, Linn. F. communis, Faun. Jap. p. 1. 



I shot a male of the Peregrine Falcon on the summit of 

 Hakodadi Head, on the 7th August. Mr. J. H. Gurney, who 

 has kindly examined all the Accipitres of my collection, pro- 

 nounces the specimen to be identical with the Peregrine of 

 Europe. 



AcciPiTER Nisus. Astur (Nisus) nisus, Faun. Jap. p. 4. 



My specimen of this Hawk was obtained from a native bird- 

 catcher, but I have no reason to think that it was brought from 

 any distant locality ; in fact, the Japanese at Hakodadi, although 

 passionately fond of keeping caged birds, confine themselves 

 almost entirely to their native feathered friends. 



BUTEG JAPONICUS, Bp. 



Only a young individual of this Buzzard was procured : its sex 

 is doubtful. I shot it in September, near a small village called 

 Kamida, about two miles round the shore of the bay from Hako- 

 dadi. As it was by itself, and I did not recognize the species 

 on any other occasion, I am unable to do more than note its 

 occurrence. This is the case with many of the birds here 

 enumerated, and therefore I may as well state at once that, con- 

 sidering that my stay would be but brief, I occupied myself 

 more in collecting species new to me than in determining the 

 abundance or scarcity, or studying the habits of those I had pre- 

 viously obtained. 



MiLvus MELANOTis, Tcmm. & Schl., Faun. Jap. p. 14, pi. v. 



A single specimen of the Black- winged Kite was selected from 



among a number killed. It was a female, and measured 26| inches 



