178 Mr. H. S(>ebohm on the 



Grus monachus. 



The White-headed Crane^, according to I'Abbe David, breeds 

 in Japan. Mr. Ringer has sent three skins collected in 

 Nagasaki. 



Grus viridirostris. 



Grusjaponensis, Briss. 



Grus leucauchen, Temm. apud Blakiston and Pryer. 



This is the Sacred Crane of the Japanese. It is probabJy 

 only a winter visitor to Japan, and the acconnt of its liubits 

 in that island, quoted in the ' Natural Histor}^ of the Cranes ' 

 by Tegetmeier from Sir Rutherford Alcock, refer to this 

 species, though they are erroneously ascribed to the White- 

 naped Crane by Tegetmeier, who has further complicated 

 the subject by including the name Grus antigoyie, Linn, 

 apud Pallas, in the synonymy of both the White-naped and 

 Sarus Cranes ; and that of Grus japonensis, Briss., in the 

 synonymy both of the White-naped and Mantchurian Cranes. 

 Mr. Ringer has sent an example of the Mantchurian Crane 

 from Nagasaki. 



RhYNCHvEA bengalensis. 



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

 22nd of May is the first example of this species obtained in 

 Yezo. 



Gallicrex cristata. 



An example of this species collected by Mr. Ringer at 

 Nagasaki is an addition to the Japanese fauna. 



Gallinula chloropus. 



An example (No. 3249) from Yokohama agrees with 

 European specimens. 



FULICA atra. 



An example (No. 3248) from Yokohama, and an example 

 collected by Mr. H. Henson at Hakodadi, agree with Euro- 

 pean specimens. 



Otis dybowskii. 



An example of a male Bustard collected by Mr. Ringer at 

 Nagasaki agrees with Taczanowsky's description of the 



