334 Mr. R. Swiuhoe on Birds from Hakodudi. 



material difference on the underparts." There can be no 

 doubt from his description that this is only Garridus japo- 

 nicus'^, and the larger bird, whose origin he cannot account 

 for, an ordinary English Jay, put into his collection by Mr. 

 Whitely before he left home for Japan. 



He mentions a specimen from Yedo which he identifies 

 with Turtur janthina, T. & S. But he describes it as "in co- 

 lour like T. humilis $, but much larger. Length about 12, 

 wing 7. Delicate neutral tint on shoulder of wing.'" It is 

 easy to see that he refers to the well-known Barbary Dove, 

 Turtur risorius, which has not yet been recorded from 

 Japan ; but as we are on the birds of Northern Japan, we 

 will not give it a number. 



He sends a specimen of Vanellus crlstatiis, which is also 

 not from Northern Japan, though probably found there as 



well. 



From Kamtchatka he records Tetanus glareola, T. glottis, 

 Tringoides hijpoleucus. No specimens sent. 



136. NUMENIUS AUSTRALIS. 



He sends a male of this species, and gives as measurements 

 of the fresh bird 21f x 11^, bill along culmen 3f. He also 

 gives the measurements of a female, 22^ x 11|, bill 3|. 



137. NUMENIUS MAJOR, T. & S. 



He has not sent this ; but from the measurements he gives 

 I take it to be this species, '' ? , 25 x 12, bill 8.'' 



He sends a specimen of StrepsUas interpres (L.) from the 

 neighbourhood of Yedo. 



" Trin^a damacensis, from near Yedo, seems larger than 

 China specimens. Length 10|, wing 5^, bill If. Black on 

 breast in a large patch. I have never seen this bird from 



* I will here add Bonaparte's description of Garrulus lidthi from the 

 ' Consp. Av.' (p. 370): — " Rufo-vinaceus : capite colloque ex totis, alis, 

 rectricibusque, saturate azureis : froute lorisque nigrieantibus : plumis 

 gulfe lauceolatis, barbulis disjimctis, rhachidibus albis ; tectricibus alarum 

 nio'ro-fasciolatis : remigibus rectricibusque apicem versus nigrieantibus, 

 apice ipso albo : cauda elong-cata, sequali. Rostrum longum, altum, valde 

 eomprrssum. 



