Capt. Blakiston on the Ornithology of Northern Japan. 97 

 106. Snippit. Tringa ? 



This turns out to be the true Tringa pectoralis. I have also 

 procured it at Amoy. 



109. Lesser Snippit. 



This bird appears to be Tringa subminuta of MiddendorfF 

 (Sibir. Reise, ii. p. 22). 



To the Snippits we may add the Common Dunlin, which is 

 also abundant, Tringa alpina. 



Among the Sandpipers must be included Totanus fuscus and 

 Terekia javanica. 



121. Curlew. 



My specimens I did not carefully examine at the time. I find 

 now that they have no white on their rumps. They were young- 

 birds, and therefore hard to identify; but I am strongly of 

 opinion that they are to be referred to Numenius australis, Gould, 

 of Australia, already noticed by v. Schrenck as occurring in 

 Amoorland (Amur-Reise, i. p. 426). 



To this group we must also add the Bar-tailed Godwit, Limosa 

 lapponica, from Peking. 



Among the Herons, Mr. Fleming has brought away Ardetta 

 sinensis. 



Mr. Fleming's collection also comprises a Rail and a Crake, 

 respectively identical with the species found in India — Rallus 

 indicus, Blyth, and Porzana bailloni (Vieill.). 



159. Javan Tern. 



Sterna javanica, Horsf., I find is not a true Sterna after all. Our 

 bird appears to be the true Hydrochelidon nigra, L. 



In conclusion, I have to record my best thanks to Mr.Whiteley 

 for permitting me to examine and take notes from his series of 

 Peking birds before they were distributed. 



VIII. — Corrections and Additions to Captain Blakiston's Paper 

 " On the Ornithology of Northern Japan " (vol. iv. No. 16. 

 p. 309). 

 Since the publication of my paper in the last Number of 'The 

 Ibis,' Mr. Robert Swinhoe has arrived in this country with a lar^-e 

 part of his extensive collection of Chinese birds, and with a great 



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