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CeRTHIA FAMILIARIS. 



The skin sent (No. 318.2) from Sapporo is of the arctic or 

 pale form known as var. scandulaca. 



Lanius magnirostris. 



The skin sent from Fujisan, near Yokohama^ belongs to 

 this species^ which is new to Japan. 



Lanius major. 



The skin sent (No. 1097) from Hakodadi belongs to this 

 species, which is also new to Japan. 



BUTALIS SIBIRICA. 



The skin sent (No. 2730) from Fujisan belongs to this 

 species, which is also an addition to the fauna of Japan. 



Parus ater. 



Two females from Yezo are indistinguishable from Euro- 

 pean skins; but a male (No. 3178) from the same locality 

 has a decided crest, and must be referred to var. pekinensis. 



Parus palustris. 



Two examples (Nos. 3131, 3132) from Yezo belong to the 

 form known as var. brevivostris, as does also an example from 

 the Kurile Islands (No. 2799) . 



ACREDULA ROSEA. 



The skin sent (No. 2732) from Yokohama is indistinguish- 

 able from European examples, and can hardly claim to be 

 called var. trivirgata. 



^GITHALUS CONSOBRINUS. 



A second skin of a male (No. 2543) and one of a female 

 (No. 2544) from Nagasaki, in the south island of Japan, 

 appears to prove that this species, of which the type de- 

 scribed by Swinhoe from Central China is in my collection, is 

 a good one, differing from ^"E.pendullnus in having no chestnut 

 on the breast, a darker head, and less chestnut on the back. 



Accentor rubidus. 



The skin sent (No. 2227) from Tokio, at no great distance 

 from Yokohama, agrees with Temminck and SchlegeFs figure 

 in having no streaks on the flanks. Probably the Accentor 



