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188, Garrulus brandti, Eversm. " Miyama-kakisu." 

 Apparently confined to Yezo. (Blakiston, Ibis^ 1862, p. 326; 



Swinhoe, Ibis, 1875, p. 450.) 



189. Garrulus japonicus, Bp, " Kakisu/' 

 Garrulus glandarius japonicus, F. J. 



Breeds on the mountains ; comes down in the winter to 

 the plains. Not observed in Yezo, where it is replaced by 

 the preceding species. (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1876, p. 334, et 1877, 

 p. 144.) 



Tokio, Yokohama, Yamato, Oyama, Fujisan. 



190, Sturnus cineraceus, T. " Mukodori/' 



Breeds in holes in fir trees about Kawasaki and Tokio, 

 where it stays all the year round. In summer in Yezo, Eggs 

 pale blue. (Swinhoe, Ibis, p. 159,) 



Tokio, Yokohama, Kawasaki, Yezo. 



191. Sturnus sericeus, Gmel, " Chosen-mukodori," 

 One specimen, obtained by Mr, Ota from a birdcatcher, 



192, Sturnia pyrrhogenys, T, & S. " Shima-mukodori." 

 A large flock collects every autumn in a bamboo thicket 



between the foot of Kintokisan and Goten, Migratory. 

 (Blakiston, Ibis, 1862, p, 327 ; Swinhoe, 1874, p, 159.) 

 Fujisan, Goten, Tokio, Yezo. 



193. Lanius BUCEPHALUS, T, & S. "Modzu." 



Builds near Yokohama in March. Stays all the year 

 round on the plains. Eggs five or six, yellowish white, 

 speckled with light brown. Nest made of dead grass and 

 twigs, lined with finer grass, (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1875, p, 450.) 



Nagasaki, Yokohama, Tokio, Yamato, Idzu, Yezo. 



194. Lanius superciliosus, L. "Aka-modzu." 

 Replaces L. bucephalus on the plains at the foot of Fujisan. 



Eggs white, with a shade of brown, spots large, of a liver- 

 colour. (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1875, p. 450.) 

 Fujisan, Yezo, 



195, Lanius EXCUBiTOR, Vig. ? " 0-modzu," 



A specimen obtained in Yezo is probably of this or of an 



