18 BIRDS OF THE JAPANESE EMPIRE. 



JouY. On Cormorant Fishing in Japan. The American Naturalist, 

 1888, pp. 1-3. 



This short paper contains some very interesting information re- 

 specting the capture of fish in the rapid rivers of Japan by Cor- 

 morants especially trained for the work. 



Seebohm. Further notes on the Birds of the Loo-Choo Islands. 

 Ibis, 1888, pp. 232-23G. 



This paper is principally a correction of a few inaccurate identifica- 

 tions on the part of Mr. Pryer in his paper on the Loo-Choo Islands ; 

 based upon the information contained in Dr. Stojnegcr's article, and 

 confirmed by a small collection of skins. One species, Zosterops 

 swtpk'x, is added to the Japanese list. 



Stejneger. Review of Japanese Birds. — VIII. The Nutcracker. 

 Proc. United States Nat. ]\Ius. 1888, pp. 125-132. 



This paper is an attempt to prove that the Japanese Nutcrackers 

 are more nearly allied to the slender-billed Siberian race than to the 

 thick-billed l^uropean race of the s[)ccies. 



Stejneger. Review of Japanese Birds. — IX. The AVrc-ns. Proc. 

 United States Nat. Mus. 1888, pp. 547-54.8. 



In this paper the Wren inhabiting the Kurile Islands is describe d 

 as Ti-oglodytes fumigatus kurilensis. 



Jules Soller. Archives des Missions Scientifiques. 3rd Series, 

 vol. XV. pp. 269-280. 1889. 



This paper contains some interesting particulars respecting the 

 birds of Japan and their migrations. Mons. Soller was surgeon on 

 board a French steamship which navigated the Japanese Seas in 

 1885, 1880, and 1887. 



Seeboh.m. On the Birds of the Bonin Islands. Ibis, 1890, pp. 95- 

 108. 



Tliis paper contains notes upon an important collection of birds 

 made in 1889 by Mr. P. A. Hoist on the Bonin Islands. 



