LITERATURE. " 5 



Fifteen species included in the ' Fauna Japouica' are added to the 

 list of Yezzo birds, and 6 new species are added to the Japanese 

 list :— 



Parus palustris. 

 Locustella ochotensis. 

 ,, lanceolata. 

 Sitta europaa. 

 Charadrius morinellus. 

 Totanus glottis. 



Cassin. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 186.2, pp. 312-327.— Cata- 

 logue of Birds collected by the United States North Pacific 

 Surveying and Exploring Expedition in command of Capt. 

 Jolm Rodgers, United States Navy, with notes and descriptions 

 of new species. (Apparently from 1853 to 1855.) 



The chief interest attaching to this paper is the addition of seven 

 species to the list of Loo-Choo birds, of which one, Ardea jugularis, 

 was new to the Japanese fanna. Three species are also added to 

 the list of Bonin birds; and one species, Alca carbo, is added to the 

 birds of Japan. 



Blakiston. On the Ornithology of Northern Japan. Ibis, 1862, 

 pp. 309-333. 



Blakiston. Corrections and Additions to Captain Blakiston^s Paper 

 on the Ornithology of Northern Japan. Ibis, 1863, pp. 97-100. 



These important contributions to the ornithology of Japan are the 

 result of a visit of three months (August, September, and October) 

 in 1861 to Hakodadi. The number of species added to the list of 

 Yezzo birds was at least 40, of which the following 10 were new to 

 Japan : — 



Chelidon dasypus. 



Parus ater. 



Picus leuconotus. 

 „ martius. 



Gecifius canus. 



Garrulus brandti. 



Nucifraga caryocatactes. 



Tetrao bonasia. 



Charadrius cantianus dealbatus. 



Tringa minuta ruficoUis. 



