Mr. R. Swinhoe on Birds from Hakodadi. 331 



he has nothing to compare the latter with. Length 17f, 

 wing 9|. 



He mentions having received a male Osprey from Kam- 

 tchatka, giving its measurements 2O5 x 19|. This^ from its 

 large size, would appear to be the Pandion haliaetus (L.) . 



He also adds, " Hirundo, an example from Kamtchatka, 

 agrees with Wilson^s description of H. americana d" , 7j x 4|. 

 (Baird^s description in 'Pacific R.R. Report/ 1858, is im- 

 perfect.) Differs from H. gutturalis in having whole under- 

 parts, except breast-collar, fine bright chestnut, but lighter 

 than forehead and chin. No white, except on tail-feathers, 

 which are also tinged with chestnut. N.B. H. gutturalis is 

 sometimes tinged with light chestnut about the neck and 

 under wing-plumes.^^ This is Pallas^s Siberian variety of 

 Hirundo domestica { = H. rustica, L.), to which he (Zoograph. 

 Rosso- Asiat. i. p. 228) gives no special name. Wilson^'s name 

 is a synonym of H. horreorum, Barton ( = if. erythrogaster, 

 Bodd.). 



Blakiston notes Cypselus pacificus, but sends no specimen ; 

 so I do not enter it under a number. Last time, he sent 

 Acanthylis caudacuta under this name ; but this time I 

 think he is right. He says, " Only one example. Length 

 about 7 inches, wing 6f . Upper parts dull sooty black, ex- 

 cept white rump. Underparts same, with white on chin and at 

 end of its breast-feathers.^^ 



127. Caprimulgus jotaka, T. & S. 



The wings and head of this species have come. 



128. Ceryle rudis. 



No specimen sent. " Males and females do not differ ma- 

 terially." This is the first occurx'cnce of this bird so far 

 north. I did not find it in China farther north than the 

 Yangtsze. 



He asks if I was right in identifying the two Shrikes 

 he sent the last time, the one as Lanius bucephalus, the 

 other as L. super ciliosus. If so, his specimen sent in 1862 

 was misnamed. I can vouch for mine being rightly de- 

 termined. 



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