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coloured streaks in the middle of the feathers of the head, back, 

 and wing-coverts. The young are subject to as great variations 

 in the general colour of the plumage as those of T. cardis, — my 

 two specimens, which are both young males, differing, if any- 

 thing, rather more than the two young given in pi. 29 of the 

 ' Fauna Japonica.' 



P. 321. For Parus rubidus read Parus varius. 



P. 322. Sifta roseilia agrees exactly with a specimen in the 

 possession of Mr. Gould, from Archangel, which he considei's to 

 be S. uralensis, Licht. 



P. 327. On comparison with specimens in Mr. Swinhoe's col- 

 lection, the Finch inserted as Ligurinus sinicus turns out to be 

 the larger of the two species, namely Ligurinus kawarahiba, 

 figured in pi. 48 of the ' Fauna Japonica.' 



P. 328. Among the Buntings, one was left blank in my paper. 

 I now propose to fill this space with the name Emberiza minor, 

 as the specimen — an adult male, shot by myself, in long grass, 

 near Hakodadi, on the island of Yesso, on the 3rd of September, 

 1861 — seems referable, according to Mr. Swinhoe, to the Em- 

 beriza schoeniclus minor noted by Middendorff, Sib. Reise, p. 144. 

 Owing to its plumage being much worn, the following unscien- 

 tific description is all I can give of it: — Length 5*7 in.; wing 

 2*3 in. Bill rather elongated, and sharp at the point, of a dark 

 horn-colour ; eye brown ; feet, when fresh, reddish brown ; 

 entire head and throat very dark brown — nearly black ; back 

 portion and sides of the neck grey, tinged with chestnut ; back 

 and wing-coverts mixed grey, dark brown, and bay ; wing- 

 feathers dull brown, having the inner edges white, except 

 towards the ends of the primaries ; tail somewhat rounded, of a 

 dark brown, with nearly half the outer pair of feathers white, 

 and a small longitudinal mark at the end of the second pair. 

 The primaries are nearly of one length, the second, third, and 

 fourth being rather the longest, but they reach little beyond the 

 secondaries. Whole under parts light brownish grey, below the 

 black throat, which reaches three-quarters of an inch from the 

 bill. 



P. 329. Turtur rupicola should have been in italics, as I did 

 not preserve a specimen of it. 



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