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5. Asio OTUS (Linn.). 



No difference can be detected between my specimens of this 

 bird, which were obtained at Hakodadi from a native bird- 

 catcher, and those of Europe. 



6. Asio brachyotus (Linn.). 



Two specimens obtained at Hakodadi from native bird- 

 catchers. 



7. Caprimulgus jotaka, T. & S., Faun. Jap. p. 37, pis. 

 12, 13. 



One specimen only was obtained at Hakodadi from a native 

 bird-catcher, Oct. 24th, 1864. 



8. CucuLus canorus, Linn. ; T. & S,, Faun. Jap. p. 138, 

 note; Blakiston, Ibis, 1862, p. 325. 



This bird is a summer visitant to Hakodadi; and I was much 

 delighted when I heard its well-known call, as it reminded me 

 of scenes far away. My specimen is a young bird, obtained 

 Sept. 25th, 1865. 



Length 12 in., wing 7| in. Bill black on upper mandible, 

 yellowish-green tipped with black on lower ; inside of mouth 

 orange; eye dark hazel; eyelid chrome-yellow; legs and toes 

 light chrome-yellow. Stomach contained remains of large 

 grasshoppers. 



9. Gecinus canus (Gmel.) ; Blakiston, Ibis, 1862, p. 325. 

 Common in the large forests in the vicinity of Hakodadi. 



Of my three specimens one was a male, the other two females. 



10. Picus uralensis, Malherbe, Monogr. Pic. i. p. 92, pi. 23; 

 P. leuconotus, Blakiston, Ibis, 1862, p. 325. 



This beautiful Woodpecker is by no means scarce in the 

 forests near Hakodadi. I shot several specimens of it in Octo- 

 ber and November 1865. 



11. Picus major, Linn. ; Blakiston, Ibis, 1862, p. 325. 



Of the species of Woodpeckers seen at Hakodadi this is the 

 most common, and frequents all the large forests and woods in 

 the neighbourhood. I obtained a number of specimens. 



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