316 Capt. Blakistou on the Ornithology of Northern Japan. 



while bathing; and my friend started off in chase, perfectly 

 naked, wading up the middle of the stream, gun in hand, with 

 the water nearly to his armpits ; he, however, did not get a shot. 

 After this we walked into the town. The effect of the sun and 

 salt watei-, from having walked so long with bare legs, did not 

 wear off for some days ; and we felt as if we had had mustard- 

 plasters applied to our shins and calves, which kept alive in our 

 recollection for some time our ornithological walk. 



I must conclude my notes on the Falconidce by mentioning, 

 that although I frequently observed Harriers in the neighbour- 

 hood of Hakodadi in the autumn, and some in the fine slate-and- 

 white plumage of the adults, yet I did not shoot one. In like 

 manner, on a few occasions I observed Eagles, and two young ones 

 were kept alive by a gentleman and sent to Shanghai. Their 

 plumage was dark chocolate and black, with horn-coloured bill, 

 and feet straw-colour. Of Owls I did not preserve a single speci- 

 men ; but Mr. Maximovitch considers that among his collection 

 he had Strix nyctea, Otus semitorques, and Scops japonicus, while 

 I myself had three in confinement for some days. One of them 

 was a small-eared species, with yellow eyes ; another, a medium- 

 sized-eared one, also with yellow eyes; and a third, a small 

 species with reddish eyes. On another occasion, while on an 

 excursion, when we slept near the foot of the volcano of Coma- 

 nataki, I saw a large kind of Owl at night. 



HiRUNDO URBiCA, Linn. 



A male specimen, shot at Hakodadi in March, among my col- 

 lection, does not seem to differ at all from the Common Martin 

 of England. 



HiRUNDO JAVANiCA, Sparrm. Hirundo rustica, F. J. p. 31. 

 The specimen of this Swallow is a young one killed in August. 



With regard to other Hirundines which inhabit Northern Japan, 

 Mr. Maximovitch includes H, alpestris japonica of the ' Fauna 

 Japonica,^ as identified by the figure in that work. Besides, I 

 frequently saw a large species of Swift, having a white rump, as 

 late as the 10th of October; but although I went several times to 

 the summit of the peak at Hakodadi, where they were often to 

 be found sporting themselves in the higher air, I never succeeded 



