174 Mr. H. Seebolim on the 



eighty ears ago, on the same day but one as the English bird, 

 and three specimens obtained in Malta in the spring of 1876, 

 recorded in this Journal (Ibis, 1881, p. 192) by Prof. Giglioli, 

 who adds that another was shot in Sicily by Baron G, Caruso. 

 Mr. Whitaker's bird makes the sixth European specimen, and 

 adds a third species of the genus to the British list, the 

 Red-necked Nightjar (C rvficolUs) having been already ob- 

 tained here. 



XVIII. — Further Contributions to the Ornithology of Japan. 

 By Henry Seebohm. 



(Plate VI.) 



Two more collections of Japanese birds, for which I am 

 indebted to the kindness of Mr. F. Ilinger of Nagasaki and 

 Mr. H. Henson of Plakodadi, enable me to add a few species 

 to the list of birds from these islands, and to correct some 

 errors in the identification of those already recorded. 



Phaleris psittacula. 



An example obtained by Mr. Snow on the Kurile Islands 

 is correctly identified. 



Mormon corniculatus. 



An example collected by Mr. Snow on the Kurile Islands 

 is correctly identified. 



Bbachyrhamphus kittlitzi. 



A male collected by Mr. H. Henson at Hakodadi on the 

 23rd of March is intermediate between no. 1269 and no. 

 1357 {' Ibis,^ 1881, p. 30), and points to the conclusion 

 that these four examples may be four stages, from young to 

 adult, of one species, probably B. kittlitzi. I am expecting 

 further skins from Kamtschatka_, which may throw more light 

 on the subject. 



Uria columba. 



An adult example (No. 2795) collected by Mr. Snow in 

 the Kurile Islands, and an immature female (no. 1850) from 



