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N. variegatus, Scopoli (ex Sonuerat ; N. uropygialis of 

 Gould), is the Eastern form of our Whimbrel, and doubtfully 

 distinct from it, having the rump streaked instead of white. 



N. minutus is a miniature N. cyanopus, the wing measuring 

 only 7\ instead of 12 inches in length. 



Ibis propinqua. 



The skin sent (No. 1829) from Yedo is correctly identified. 



BUBULCUS COROMANDUS. 



The skin sent (No. 3215) from Tokio is correctly identified. 



BUTORIDES MACRORHYNCHUS. 



The skin sent (No. 2811) from Nagasaki is correctly iden- 

 tified. It seems doubtful if this species is distinct from 

 B. javanicus. 



Ardeola prasinosceles. 



The skin sent (No. 2677) from Hakodadi belongs to this 

 species, which has not hitherto been recorded from Japan. 

 It was described by Swinhoe from South China, but seems 

 to be doubtfully distinct from A. leucoptera. 



Rallus bailloni. 



The skin sent (No. 2717) from Yokohama is Baillon's 

 Crake. It does not differ in size from European examples. 



Tetrao bonasia. 



The skin sent (No. 3242) from Hakodadi is a typical 

 Hazel-Grouse, neither the short-tailed pale Siberian form 

 nor the rufous South-European form. 



Lagopus mutus. 



The skin sent (No. 3243), from an elevation of 9250 feet 

 above the level of the sea, about a hundred miles to the 

 north-west of Yokohama, on the main island of Japan (not 

 from Northern Japan, as erroneously stated by Saunders, 

 Yarr. Brit. B. iii. p. 86), appears to belong to the Common 

 Ptarmigan. 



TUBTUR ORIENTALIS. 



The skin sent (No. 2367) from Yezo belongs to this species, 



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