326 Capt. Blakiston on the Oi-nithology of Northern Japan. 



is to be seen everywhere : it frequents the fishing-villages, and 

 attends the drawing of the nets ; roosts in company, and is with- 

 out the solitary habits attributed to the European Raven. Its 

 habits are more allied to those of the American bird when found 

 in large numbers, as in the northern interior of the continent. 

 I presume that it is resident the whole year. 



There is a smaller species of Corvus in Northern Japan, of 

 which Mr. Maximovitch obtained a specimen, and which, following 

 the 'Fauna Japonica,' he calls C. cor one. I myself observed some 

 on the rocky shores of Volcano Bay, during a trip which I made 

 to the volcano of Cape Esan, on which excursion two of us re- 

 turned by a route until then unknown to Europeans. We kept, 

 however, within the ten ri (25 miles), the distance to which 

 foreigners are allowed to travel away from the treaty ports. I 

 did not see a single Magpie in Yesso. 



Garrulus brandtii, Eversm. Add. ad Pall. Zoogr. R.-A. iii. 

 p. 8; Hartl. Rev. Zool. 1845, p. 52; Bp. Consp. p. 3. 



Of this Jay I obtained a young specimen, probably a female, 

 in October. The iris of the eye was composed of two rings, the 

 inner one chocolate, and the outer lilac ; bill black j feet dull 

 brown. Length 14 inches ; wing 7 inches. Mr. Maximovitch 

 obtained one which he considered identical with that figured in 

 the * Fauna Japonica ' under the name of G. glandarius japonicus ; 

 but Dr. Sclater says, " The present specimen is certainly distinct, 

 and agrees well with an example of G. hrandtii of Eversmann 

 (described by Hartlaub, Rev. Zool. 1845, p. 52) in the British 

 Museum." 



NUCIFRAGA CARYOCATACTES, LiuD. 



A female specimen of this Nutcracker, obtained from a bird- 

 catcher near Hakodadi in September, is the first instance of its 

 occurrence being noted in Japan. Dr. Sclater has compared it 

 with specimens from Europe, and cannot detect any material 

 difference. This species was obtained by von Schrenk on the 

 Amoor. Of its breeding I can say nothing. 



Mr. Maximovitch collected a specimen of a Waxwing, which 

 he considered identical with Bomby cilia phcenicoptera of the 

 ' Fauna Japonica.' 



