Capt. Blakiston on the Ornithology of Northern Japan. 325 



Picus MAJOR, Linn. 



A young male specimen of a Woodpecker, as well as can be 

 ascertained, is of this species. 



Picus leuconotus, Bechst. 



A single specimen obtained from a birdcatcher in October, 

 perhaps rather referable to Malherbe's Picus uralensis, if this be 

 distinct from the European bird. 



Picus kisuki, Temm. & Schl. Faun. Jap. p. 74, pi. xxxvii. 



A young bird of this species was shot in September. It has 

 the habit of the smaller Woodpeckers of America in keeping 

 company with Tits. (See p. 323.) 



Gecinus canus (Gm.). 



I only shot one of this species of Green Woodpecker, which 

 is the female preserved ; but a young male, obtained of a bird- 

 catcher, had the black stripe from the forehead better defined, 

 and a scarlet patch on the forehead. 



Dryocopus martius (Linn.). 



My specimen of the Great Black Woodpecker of Europe was 

 obtained from a native birdcatcher ; but I several times saw the 

 bird wild in the woods near Hakodadi. 



Cuculus canorus, Linn. 



This bird was obtained by the United States Expedition at 

 Hakodadi, and I shot one myself in August ; but it was a young 

 bird, and therefore not skinned. The name is consequently not in 

 cTapitals, as are all those of this list of which I actually brought 

 home specimens. 



Alcedo bengalensis. 



No distinction can be made out between this specimen and 

 others collected in China ; but there seems considerable vaxnation 

 in the colour of the bill of this species. It is the only King- 

 fisher I observed in Yesso, and appears quite to represent that of 

 England in Northern Japan. 



CoRvus jAPONENsis, Bp. C. macrorkynchus , Temm. & Schl. 

 Faun. Jap. p. 79, pi. xxxix. b. 



This bird, although from its size it may be classed as a Raven, 

 is the common Crow of Northern Japan. Around Hakodadi it 



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