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mature male from Hakodate and (No. 1452) a female from 

 South Yesso. 



48. Clangula glaucion (L.). 



In Swinhoe's collection are two skins, (No. 1028) a male 

 and (No. 1448) a female, both from Hakodate. 



49. Harelda glacialis (L.). 



In Swinhoe's collection is the skin of a female Long-tailed 

 Duck (No. 1025) from Hakodate. 



52. CEdemia AMERICANA, Rich. 



The skin sent (No. 2152), from Hakodate, is that of the 

 American form of the Black Scoter, (Edemia americana 

 (Swains.), Avith the entire protuberance at the base of the 

 upper mandible yellow. 



53. MeRGELLUS ALBELLUS (L.). 



The skin sent (No. 52), from the Yokohama market, is a 

 female Smew, Mergus albellus, Linn. 



62. Sterna, sp. inc. 



The " wholly white " Tern referred to may be an albino, 

 or possibly Gygis Candida (Gmel.), though that species has 

 not hitherto been recorded from any locality so far north as 

 Japan. 



63. Sterna, sp. inc. 



The skin sent (No. 2306) from Eturup, one of the Kurile 

 Islands, has been identified by Mr. Howard Saunders as 

 Sterna lorigipennis , Nordm. In Lord Tweeddale's collection 

 there is a skin of this species from Yesso (P. Z. S. 1876, 

 p. 650). 



64. Larus crassirostris, Vieill. 



This Gull was originally described from Japan. 



65. Larus glaucus, L. 



Mr. Howard Saunders in his paper on the Larinse, in the 

 P. Z. S., mentions having identified skins of L. glaucus, Fabr., 

 obtained by Capt. Blakiston at Hakodate. 



QQ. Larus glaucescens, Brandt. 



Mr, Howard Saunders informs me that he has identified 



