(Uitaloyuc nf the Birds of Japan. 37 



between L. macropus, Swinboe, and L. lanccolata (Temni.). 

 Probably all four names will bereafter be proved to be 

 synonymous. Tbe only difference appears to be in the 

 amount of striatiou on tbe underparts ; and tbis is a character 

 which in the not very distantly allied Acrocephalm aquaticus 

 (Gm.) is subject to great variation. 



230. LocusTELLA BRUNNEiCEPs (Tcmm.). 



The skin sent (No. 2210) does not appear to differ from 

 our European Cisticola schcenicola, Bonap., or, as I suppose 

 by law of priority it must now stand, C cursitans (Frankl.). 



231. Troglodytes fumigatus, T. & S. 



A skin of this species collected near Yokohama by Mr. 

 Haywood Jones is a trifle darker in colour and somewhat 

 more distinctly barred on the back than a skin from Hako- 

 date in the British ]\Iuseum ; but the difference is scarcely 

 sufficient to establish even a subspecies upon it. 



The Japanese form of the Wren is intermediate between T. 

 nipalensis from Cashmere, Simla, and Nepal, and T. hiemalis 

 from Toronto and Vancouver's Island. The general colour 

 both above and below is lighter, redder, less grey than in the 

 former species ; and more distinctly barred, especially on the 

 back, and much darker-coloured on the throat and breast 

 than in the latter species. 



232. Regulus japonicus, Bp. 



The skin sent (No. 234) is referable to the above species. 

 It is decidedly greyer on the hind neck than our bird isj 

 nevertheless it is not recognized by Mr. Dresser in the ' Birds 

 of Europe ' as distinct from Reguhis cristatits, Koch. It is a 

 fairly good subspecies. 



243. TuRDUs siBiRicus, Pall. ^ 

 250. TuRDUS, sp. inc. / 



This latter bird is undoubtedly an adult male of Turdas 

 sibiricus, Pall. 



244. TuRDus PALLiDUs, Gmel. 



The skins sent (No. 247) belong to the true T. puUidus of 

 Gmelin, without a white eye-stripe and with the white on the 



