226 Messrs. Blakiston and Pryev on 



145. Otis tarda^ L. ''Nogan.'^ 



A specimen weighing 13^ lb. is reported to have been killed 

 near Hiogo in December 1876. It is well known to the 

 Japanese. The native ornithologists class it with the Geese. 



146. Phasianus versicolor, Vieill. " Kiji/' 



General throughout Japan as far north as the straits sepa- 

 rating the main island from Yezo. To be seen wild in the 

 heart of Tokio. Neither this nor the following species are 

 found in Yezo. It readily interbi'eeds with the Chinese 

 P. torquatus, the hybrid being a remarkably fine bird, and 

 its plumage in the male surpassing in beauty that of either 

 of its parents. A female in male plumage was obtained by 

 Mr. Dare in November 1877. 



Tokio, Yohohama, Gyama, Fujisan, Yamato, Nambu. 



147. Phasianus s(emmerringi, T. " Yamadori.^^ 



Some specimens are much darker than others. It frequents 

 the plains and the highest parts of the mountains indifferently. 

 The natives have succeeded in breeding in captivity hybrids 

 of this and the preceding species. Of the pair which we 

 have seen, the female is very large, the male small but of 

 the most gorgeous plumage, defying description. In both 

 the tail of P. versicolor is present ; and the hen, except for her 

 size, has little to distinguish her from that species. 



Tokio, Yokohama, Oyama, Fujisan, Yamato. 



148. Tetrastes bonasia (L.), " Yezo-raicho.^^ 



This has not yet been obtained on the main island. It 

 is known in Yezo as the " Yamadori,''^ which name properly 

 belongs to P. scemmerringi. 



149. Lagopus mutus, Gould. " Raicho.^'' 



Some specimens from Kaga are in the collection of the 

 Yamashita Hakuraukai ; it is also said to be found in Ota- 

 kisan, on the borders of Shinsliin. 



150. CoTURNix japonica, T. & S. " Udzura.^' 



Breeds on the shores of Yamanaka Lake, Fujisan. Occa- 

 sionally winters in Yezo ; is common there during summer. 

 (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1875, p. 452, 1877, p. 145.) 



Yezo, Tokio, Yohohama, Fujisan, Oyama. 



