210 On Birds collected near Hakodadi in Northern Japan. 



apparently been bitten off; and this must have taken place some 

 time before I shot them, as the place was healed and the skin 

 had grown over it. 



Length 10*25 in., wing 5*62 in. Bill bluish horn-colour; 

 legs and toes bluish flesh-colour ; iris reddish-hazel. 



93. Cepphus GRVLLE (Liuu.)^. 



One specimen only, obtained from a native bird-catcher, 

 March 26th, 1865. 



Length 14*25 in., wing 7*5 in. Bill black ; inside of mouth 

 bright red ; eye dark hazel ; legs and feet bright vermilion ; claws 

 black. 



94. Larus occiDENTALis, Aud. ; Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1863, 

 p. 326. 



Several specimens obtained at Hakodadi in December 1864 

 and January 1865. 



Length 24*12 in., wing 19 in. Bill yellow streaked with 

 red ; naked part round the eye pink ; legs and feet flesh-colour. 



95. Larus melanurus, T. & S., Faun. Jap. p. 132, pi. 88; 

 Blakiston, Ibis, 1862, pp. 311 and 332. 



This is the most common Gull to be found at Hakodadi. My 

 specimens were obtained in March and April 1865. 



Length 18*5 in., wing 14*75 in. Bill yellow at the base, red 

 at the tip ; eye straw-yellow ; legs and feet yellowish-green. 



96. Larus niveus. Pall. ; Bp., Consp. Av. ii. p. 224 ; Swin- 

 hoe, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 325, and 1864, p. 272. 



One specimen only, obtained at Hakodadi, Nov. 13th, 1864. 



97. Phalacrocorax carbo (Linn.) ; Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1863, 

 p. 324; Carbo cormoranus, T. & S., Faun. Jap. p. 129. 



Two specimens obtained at Hakodadi, December 1st, 1864, 

 near the east point of Hakodadi Head. 



Length 31 in., wing 11*12 in. Bill dark brown ; eye dark 

 green ; legs and feet black. 



* [Mr. "WTiitely assures lis that there is no mistake in the determina- 

 tion of this species ; but the only specimen obtained by him was unfor- 

 tunately sold to a continental dealer, and we have not been able to ex- 

 amine it. We should have expected it to belong rather to C. columha 

 (Cassin). — Ed.] 



