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Uria bruennichi (Ibis, 1878, p. 211). 



The skin sent is correctly identified. There cannot be any- 

 reasonable doubt that the Cepphus arra of Pallas is this species. 

 The description is very good ; and I cannot understand why 

 Dresser (B. of Eur. viii. p. 578) refuses to admit it. 



PoDicEPs MiNUTus (Ibis, 1878, p. 211). 



I cannot detect any difference between an example from 

 Japan (No. 1966) and our bird, so that the name P. philip- 

 pensis will probably have to sink into a synonym of P. 

 minutus. ■ 



PoDicEPS NiGRicoLLis (Ibis, 1878, p. 211). 



A skin sent (No. 1724) represents Messrs. Blakiston and 

 Pryer^s No. 13, P. auritus, Lath. This species is the Co- 

 lymhus auritus of Brisson, but not of Linnaeus. 



PoDicEPs coRNUTUs (Ibis, 1878, J). 211, et 1879, p. 21). 



A skin sent (No. 2595) is correctly identified. < This is the 

 Colymbus auritus of Linnieus ; but as this name ha^ been so 

 often misapplied, it is better to ignore it in favour of Gmelin's 

 name. 



PoDicEPS CRisTATUs (Ibis, 1878, p. 211). 



A skin sent (No. 1431) is correctly identified. 



Anser brachyrhynchus (Ibis, 1878, p. 212). 



The sole evidence upon which the Pink -footed Goose has 

 been admitted into the Japanese fauna is Swinhoe's state- 

 ment in ' The Ibis ' (.1875, p. 456) that a specimen was sent 

 him from Hakodadi. This, Mr. Blakiston says, is an error ; 

 and no skin answering the description is in the Swinhoe 

 collection. A skin sent (No. 2084) proves to be that of a 

 male of the year oi Anser erythropus . Anser brachyrhynchus 

 has never been recorded from Siberia or China, and it must 

 be now erased from the Japanese list. 



Bernicla hutchIxNsi (Ibis, 1878, p. 212). 



A skin sent (No. 2621) proves to be of this species, and not 

 of B. leucoparia. The former has sixteen tail-feathers, with the 

 wing 16 inches long, whilst the latter is said to have eighteen 



