3G8 Mr.U.Scchohm on the 



217. Anas xanthorhynchus^ Forst. 

 Mashoona^ December. Seen, but not procured. 



218. Plotus levaillantIj Licht. 



(100) ^, Quae Quae river, 23rd October. Iris dinj2;y 

 orange ; bill pale greenish ash, darker along the culmen ; 

 tarsi and feet dusky brown. 



The Darter is found sparsely on most of the rivers of 

 Mashoona land, but is more abundant in the Transvaal and 

 Natal. Beware how you handle a wounded bird : this one 

 made a sudden dart at my eye ; and it was only by the merest 

 instinct of self-preservation that I put my hand up in time 

 to receive the thrust. The upper mandible pierced with great 

 force to the bone of my thumb, and, the bill being serrated, 

 stuck there amongst the muscles, giving considerable pain; 

 and I had to pull hard to get it out. 



219. Struthio camelus, Linn. 



(73) Yoimg (^ , Umvuli, 4th September, Iris light dusky 

 brown ; bill pale horn -colour, rather dusky along the culmen ; 

 legs and feet yellowish ash. 



The Ostrich is sparingly distributed throughout the Mash- 

 oona country, frequenting generally the more open shallow 

 valleys. Only about a dozen birds were killed by all the 

 hunters of our party, numbering about twenty. Two or 

 three clutches of young birds were caught this month. In 

 the Bamangwato country they are much more plentiful. 



XXVI. — Further Contributions to the Ornithology of Japan. 

 By Henry Sejlbohm. 



Through the kindness of Capt. Blakiston, who has forwarded 

 me another box of skins from Hakodate, I am able to add a 

 few species to the birds of Japan, and to clear up one or two 

 doubtful points in the previous papers on this subject in 'The 

 Ibis' (1878, pp. 209-250, and 1879, pp. 18-13). 



SiMORHYNCHUS CRISTATELLUS (Ibis, 1879, p. 21). 



The skin sent (No. 2605) is from the Kurile Islands. 



