244 Messrs. Blakiston and Pryer on 



from Koshin in winter. Described by Mr. Swinboe from a 

 specimen from Yezo in autumn plumage. Specimens in spring 

 plumage in tbe Hakodate collection. (Swinboe, Ibis, 1876, 

 p. 333, pi. viii.) 



Yokobama, Koshin, Yezo. 



Schoenicola pallasi, given by Mr. Swinboe as found at 

 Hakodate, ought not to have been included. 



265. Plectrophanes NIVALIS (L.). '^ Ukebojiro." 



Yezo in winter; this bird was taken for a variety of Em- 

 beriza ciopsis by tbe native collectors. Specimen in the 

 Hakodate collection. 



266. Fringilla montifringilla, L. "Atori.^' 



Large flocks come down in winter near Yokohama. Not 

 uncommon in Yezo. (Swinboe, Ibis, 1874, p. 160.) 

 Yokohama, Tokio, Yezo. 



267. Passer MONTANUs (L.). ''Susume." 



The common House-Sparrow of Japan ; eggs vary from 

 purple-brown to dirty white. (Blakiston, Ibis, 1862, p. 327.) 



268. Passer rutilans, Temm. " Niunai-susume." 

 Occasionally obtained in the Yokohama game-market in 



winter, brought from Kosbiu. In mountainous parts of Yezo ; 

 possibly migrates. (Blakiston, Ibis, 1862, p. 328; Swinboe, 

 Ibis, 1877, p. 145.) 

 Yezo, Kosbiu. 



269. Chlorospiza kawarahiba, T. & S. 



Figured in the ' Fauna Japonica.^ Yezo specimens iden- 

 tified by Mr. Swinboe (Ibis, 1874, p. 160). 



270. Chlorospiza siNiCA (L.). '^ Kawara-hiwa.'^ 

 Large flocks on tbe plains in winter. Builds on Fujisan. 



Nest built of moss, lined with hair. Eggs five, greenish white, 

 spotted with brownish red. Mr. Whitely includes this in bis 

 list of Hakodate birds, and considers it the most common of 

 tbe two species (Ibis, 1867, p. 202). 



Yokohama, Tokio, Fujisan, Oyama, Nagasaki, Yezo. 



