224 Messrs. Blakistou and Pryer on 



128. Egretta modesta, Gray. " 0-sagi." 

 Ardea alba, F. J. 



Arrives at Tokio in April ; common. Specimens from Yezo. 

 (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1876, p. 335.) 



129. Egretta INTERMEDIA, Hasselq. " Chiu-sagi." 

 Ardea egrettoides, F. J. 



Specimens agree with A. egrettoides, figured in the ' Fauna 

 Japonica/ 

 Yezo. 



130. Egretta garzetta (Linn.) ? " Shirasagi." 

 Ardea garzetta, F. J. ? 



A very common bird in South Japan ; one specimen ob- 

 tained in Yezo. Breeds in company with Nycticorax griseus. 

 Tokio, Yokohama, Shikoku. 



131. Egretta rtjssata, Wagl. ^' Ama-sagi." 



Seems to be rather abundant in the south; not yet ob- 

 tained in Yezo. 



132. Ciconia boyciana, Swinh. '' Ko-tsuro.'^ 

 Occasionally obtained about Tokio, and is to be seen sailing 



on its immense spread of wings over the Susaki flats. 

 Tokio. 



133. Grus cinerea, Linn. 



Grus cinerea longirostris, T. & S. 

 Figured in the ' Fauna Japonica.^ 



134. Grus leucogeranus. Pall. 

 Also figured in the ' Fauna Japonica.' 



135. Grus leucauchen, T. ^^Tancho." 



The national Crane of Japan. This beautiful bird used 

 to be rather common, but, now that it is permitted to become 

 the prey of any one, has been almost exterminated. It 

 was formerly allowed to be hawked, with great ceremony, only 

 by nobles of the highest rank. This is the Crane so com- 

 monly figured in native drawings, and is much and deservedly 

 admired. It is a bird of passage. 



