12 BIRDS OF THE JAPANESE EMPIRE. 



Tr'inyu canulus. 



„ platyrliynchti. 

 Phalaropus fulicarlus. 

 Gallicrex cristatus. 

 Phasiamis torquatus. 

 Tiirtur humilis. 

 Eurystomus orieidalis. 

 Gan'ulus sinensis. 

 Lanius magnirostris. 

 Mutacilla jlava. 

 Swnia scandiaca. 



Blakiston. The Clirysantlicmum, ii. pp. 421-128; pp. 471-475 ; 

 pp. 521-525. Ornithological Notes. 1882. 



These three papers appeared in the ^ Chrysauthemum/ a periodical 

 published in Yokohama^ and consist of a series of interesting notes 

 on the various s))ecies of birds observed by the writer on the south- 

 east coast of Ye/zo during a trip which he made in May and June. 



Seebohm. Observations on the Pied Wagtails of Japan. Ibis, 1883, 

 pp. 90-92. 



Tliis paper describes an apparently new species of Wagtail under 

 the name of Motacilln hlakistuni, which has since been proved to be 

 the fully adult, in the second year, of Motacilla lugens of Kittlitz. 



Seeboiim. Exhibition of a new species of Owl from Yezzo. Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. 1883, p. 4G6. 



This notice refers to a new species of Owl sent from Japan by 

 Captain Blakiston, and named Bubo blakistoni. 



Blakiston. The Chrysanthemunij iii. pp. 7G-81. Ornithological 

 Notes. 1883. 



This paper contains much very interesting information respecting 

 the collections of birds made by Mr. P. L. Jouy, of the Smithsonian 

 Institution at AVashington, and Mr. A. J. ]\I. Smith in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Fuji-yama and Tate-yama, two mountain-ranges in the 

 largest of the Japanese Islands. One bird is added to the Japanese 

 list :— 



Emberiza spoduccphala. 



