206 Mr. H. Whitely on Birds collected 



about six miles round the bay from Hakodadi. It was quite 

 alone. 



Length 8-37 in., wing 4*75 in. 



68. Tringa minuta, Leisler. 



I observed this bird in small flocks on the sea- shore at Hako- 

 dadi in the autumn. My two specimens were shot Sept. 24th, 

 1864. 



Length 5*75 in., wing 3"87 in. 



69. ScoLOPAX RUSTicoLA, Liun. ; T. & S., Faun. Jap. p. 112. 

 My specimen of this bird was obtained at Hakodadi, Oct. 6th, 



1865, from a native bird-catcher. I saw several others, but, 

 owing to the damaged state of the plumage, could not preserve 

 them. In my rambles near Hakodadi I have sometimes flushed 

 a Woodcock in one particular clump of trees, but was never 

 fortunate enough to shoot it. It was at this one spot only that 

 I ever observed it. 



Length 13-75 in., wing 9*5 in. 



70. Gallinago australis (Lath.) ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1863, 

 p. 444; G. solitaria, T. & S., Faun. Jap. p. 112, pi. 68; 

 Blakiston, Ibis, 1862, p. 331. 



My specimen was obtained from a native bird-catcher, Sep- 

 tember 25th, 1865. Common at Hakodadi. 

 Length 12*25 in., wing 5-37 in. 



71. Gallinago media. Leach; G. gallinago^ T. & S., Faun. 

 Jap. p. 112. 



One specimen obtained at Hakodadi from a native bird- 

 catcher, September 24th, 1865. 

 Length 11*12 in., wing 5*25 in. 



72. Gallinago gallinula (L.) ; T. & S., Faun. Jap. p. 112. 

 My specimen of this bird, which was the only one I ever saw 



at Hakodadi, was obtained from a native bird-catcher, Oct. 3rd, 

 1865. 



Length 8 in., wing 4*06 in. 



73. Rallus aquaticus, Linn. ; T. & S., Faun. Jap. p. 122 ; 

 Swmhoe, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 322. 



I have met with this bird in some numbers on the marsh- 



