iJ30 Mr. R. Swinlioe on Birds from Hakodadi. 



308. ScoLOPAX GALLiNAGo (L.); Scvei'tzoff, p. 69. 

 Horizontal range. Breeds and is found on passage in all 



four districts, and occurs in winter in districts III. and lA' . 

 Vertical range. Occurs on passage in districts 1 and 2. 



309. ScoLOPAX HYEMALis, Evcrsm. ; Severtzoff, p. 69. 

 Horizontal range. Occurs in winter in all four districts, and 



breeds in districts I. and II. 



Vertical range. Occurs in winter in district 2, breeds in 

 districts 3 and 4, and is found in summer in district 5. 



No description is given of tliis Snipe; but in a MS. note 

 Dr. Severtzolf informs me that it is a good species, and, com- 

 pared with Scolopax soUtaria, Hodgs., it differs slightly 

 though it very closely resembles that species. 



310. ScoLOPAX GALLiNULA, L. ; Sevcrtzoff, p. 69. 

 Horizontal range. Occurs on passage in districts II., III., 



and IV. 



Vertical range. Occurs rarely on passage in district 2. 



311. Scolopax rusticola, L. ; Severtzoff, p. 69. 

 Horizontal range. Occurs on passage in districts I., III., 



and IV., rarely in the first two. 



Vertical range. Occurs rarely on passage in districts 1 and 2. 



[To be continued.] 



XXXI. — On the Contents of a third Box of Birds from Hako- 

 dadi, in Northern Japan. By R. Swinhoe. 



(Plate VIII.) 



A THIRD box of birds has come to hand from Mr. T. W. 

 Blakiston, from Hakodadi, Northern Japan, containing un- 

 fortunately only thirteen specimens, but accompanied by a 

 series of valuable notes, which I think will be acceptable to 

 the readers of ' The Ibis,' as throwing more light on the orni- 

 thology of North Japan. I will continue ray numbers as 

 before from where I last left off (Ibis, 1875, p. 458). 



Mr. Blakiston says that he has now a pair of Tinnunculus 

 japonicns, and a specimen possibly of Accipiter gularis, but 



