194 Mr. Henry Whitely on Birds collected 



there do not appear to be many species — some few Terns and a 

 Gull^ with a slate-coloured back, white belly, and black-tipped 

 wings (which turned out to be Larus melanurus), and also a Gull 

 perfectly white, of which I could never obtain a specimen. In the 

 harbour, as the weather gets severe and the fresh water begins 

 to be frozen over, large numbers of Ducks congregate, among 

 which may be mentioned the Harlequin and Long-tailed Ducks, 

 Common and Velvet Scoters. The Blaek-throated Diver is 

 common, but difficult to get at. 



Of the Auks I observed but two species, Ceratorhyncha mono- 

 cerata and Uria antiqua, both of which are common. With 

 respect to the breeding-habits of the numerous species that 

 pass the summer in Northern Japan I can say but little, my time 

 at that season of the year being occupied in entomological pur- 

 suits. In this bi-anch of study there is here a wide field for 

 some future explorer. 



1. Falco peregrinus, Linn. ; F. communis, T. & S., Faun. 

 Jap. p. 1 ; Blakiston, Ibis, 1862, p. 314. 



Of my two specimens of this Falcon, one was captured on 

 board the schooner ' Kankai^ during a passage from Nagasaki 

 to Hakodadi, the other was obtained from a native bird-catcher 

 at Hakodadi, Nov. 17th, 1865. 



Length 19 in., wing 1406 in. 



2. AcciPiTER Nisus (Linn.) ; Astur nisus, T. & S., Faun. 

 Jap. p. 4; Blakiston, Ibis, 1862, p. 314. 



One specimen only, shot at Hakodadi, Nov. 25, 1864. 

 Length 15 in., wing 9*75 in, 



3. MiLvus MELANOTis, T. & S., Fauu. Jap. p. 14, pi. 5; 

 Blakiston, Ibis, 1862, p. 314. 



Most of my specimens of this Kite were obtained at Hako- 

 dadi in October 1864. If after having killed one of these birds 

 it is allowed to remain on the ground, it will soon be surrounded 

 by others, and five or six can be easily shot in a few minutes. 



4. Syrnium rufescens (T. & S.), St7-ix rufescens, Faun. Jap, 

 p. 30; S. fuscescens, op. cit. p. 137, pi. 10. 



I obtained one specimen only, from a Japanese bird-catcher, 

 December 1865. 



