26 Mr. H. Seebohm on Messrs. Blakiston and Fryer's 



Chine, p. 426) give Japan as a locality for ^. geoffroyi ; and 

 in Dresser^s collection there is a skin of jE.veredus (Gould), 

 obtained by Capt, Conrad at Saigon ; so that both these birds 

 must be added to the Japan list. jE. veredus may at once 

 be recognized by its smoke-gray axillaries, which in ^. mon-' 

 golica and ^. geoffroyi are pure white. 



87. Strepsilas interpres (L.). 



The skin sent (No. 85) , from the Yokohama market, is that 

 of the common Turnstone in winter plumage. 



88. H^MATOPUs oscuLANs, Swinlioc. 



The skin sent (No. 86), from the Yokohama market, is 

 correctly identified. It differs from the common Oyster- 

 catcher in having a long bill (the culmen measures 3"4 in.), 

 and in having the longest upper tail-coverts tipped with 

 black. 



98. Tringa tenuirostris, Horsf. 



This hird should stand as T. crassirostris, T. & S. (See 

 Ibis, 1874, p. 147.) 



102. Tringa damacensis, Horsf. 



A skin in the Swinhoe collection*(No. 1681), a female, ap- 

 parently in first winter plumage, dated " South Yezo, Aug.,^' 

 is quite distinct from T. minuta, Leisl. Although of the 

 same size, the feet of the Japanese bird are much larger, the 

 middle toe being longer by the whole length of the claw. In 

 T. minuta the shafts of all the primaries are white ; but in T. 

 damacensis only the first shaft is whitish, the rest being brown. 

 This bird should stand as T. ruficollis, Pallas. 



108. SCOLOPAX RUSTICULA, L. 



A skin of a male (No. 1178) in the Swinhoe collection, 

 dated " Hakodate, ApriV^ agrees exactly with European 

 examples. 



109. Gallinago australis (Lath.). 



A skin of a male (No. 1228) in the Swinhoe collection, 

 dated " Hakodate, May,^^ agrees with Australian examples. It 

 is a miich larger bird than G. major (Gm.), and has the 



