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81. -^GIALITIS DUBIA (Scop.). 



Found breeding on the shores of Yamanaka Lake, Fujisan 

 and Hakodate referred to this species by Swinhoe, Ibis, 1875, 

 p. 453. 



Yezo, Tokio, Fnjisan, Yokohama. 



82. tEgialitis PLAciDA, Gray. " Ikaru-chidori.^^ 

 Common. (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1874, p. 162.) 



Yezo. 



83. -^GiALiTis RUFicAPiLLA (Tcmm) ? '' Miashi-chidori.^' 

 Several specimens which require identification. 

 Yokohama. 



84. Vanellus cristatus, Mey. " Tagiri.'^ 

 Occasionally seen at Kawasaki, near Tokio, also obtained 



from Niigata, and one specimen from Hakodate (Swinhoe, 

 Ibis, 1876, p. 334) . 



Tokio, Yokohama, Niigata, Hakodate. 



85. Squatarola helvetica (L.). 



Common in Yezo. (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1875, p. 452.) 



86. LoBiVANELLus iNORNATUs, T. & S. " Kiri." 

 Breeds at Susaki, Tokio Bay. The male is very vigilant, 



mounting up in the air and driving off any Kite or Hawk 

 directly one appears hovering near where the hen is sitting, 

 with loud laughing cries. The eggs are laid among the grass 

 growing on the ridges which separate the paddy-fields ; they 

 are four in number, and resemble the common Plover's, 

 but are not so pointed. Breeds in April. Not hitherto 

 found so far north as Yezo. 

 Kawasaki, Tokio, Yokohama. 



87. Strepsilas TNTERPRES (L.). " Kiojo-sliigi.^' 

 Appears to be more common on the mainland of Japan 



than in Yezo. Specimens sent to Mr. Swinhoe in 1876. 

 Yezo, Yokohama. 



88. HiEMATOPus oscuLANS, Swiuhoc. " Miyako-dori." 



A few specimens obtained in Yezo and about Yokohama ; 

 not yet sent for comparison. 



