84 Mr. H. Seebohm on Messrs. Blakistoii and Fryer's 



closely with the figure of the young of ^. pendulinus in 

 Dresser's ' Birds of Europe.' 



211. SiTTA EUROPiEA, L. 



A skin (No. 1153) from Hakodate agrees exactly with 

 skins from the Yen-e-say, having the underparts almost pure 

 white. It is the Sitta uralensis, Licht., of some authors ; 

 but the difference is not sufficient to entitle it to more than 

 subspecific rank. 



213. Accentor, sp. inc. 



Probably A. erythrojjygius, Swinh., figured in the P. Z. S. 

 1870, p. 124, pi. ix. 



214. PiPASTEs AGiLis, Sykes. 



Pipits from Japan are not uncommon in collections. I 

 have never seen more than one species of Tree-Pipit from 

 these islands, Anthus maculatus, Hodgson. This is no doubt 

 the species intended to be identified by Swinhoe as P. agilis. 

 This latter name has lately been proved to l)e a synonym of 

 our European bird, A. trivialis, Linn. {' Stray Feathers/ 

 iv. p. 278). 



215. Anthus japonicus, T. & S. 



In Swinhoe's collection there are three skins of this 

 species — two from Ningpo in China, and one from Yesso 

 (Blakiston, No. 1566). These skins agree Avith the descrip- 

 tion and plate in the ' Fauna Japonica/ and with the type in 

 the Leyden Museum, and are in my opinion Anthus ludo- 

 vicianus, Gra. This bird is common in Alaska ; and I have a 

 skin in my collection collected by Wosnessensky on Urup, 

 one of the Kurile Islands between Yesso and Kamtchatka. 



216. Anthus, sp. inc. 



The skin scut (No. 2056) is an undoubted specimen of A. 

 cervinus, Pall. 



217. MoTACiLLA japonica, Swiuh. 



In my paper on the ornithology of Siberia in ' The Ibis ' 

 (1877, p. 346), I have endeavoured to show that there are 

 two species of White Wagtail in Japan — M. lugens, T. & S., 

 and a second species to which I have given the name of M, 

 amurensis. 



