Mr. R. Swinhoc on Birds from Hakodadi. 451 



85. EUSPIZIA AUREOLA (Pall.). 



" One specimen only. Compared with Chinese example " 

 [Blakiston) . He sends a distinct form of Reed-Bunting with 

 Bullfinch-like bill for a second of his Schcenicola yessoensis 

 (Ibis, 1874, p. 161) . The specimen is a male in winter plumage, 

 and looks much like a diminutive specimen of S.jjyrrhuloides 

 of Europe. I have never met this form in China ; and it is 

 desirable to get the spring and adult plumage before descri- 

 bing it. It bears to S. pallasi the same relation that ;S^. pyr- 

 rhuloides does to the home Reed-Bunting; but S. pallasi 

 has not yet occurred in N. Japan. 



Blakiston asks if Whitely was right in his identification of 

 E. sulphurata, as it has not occun'cd to him. Mr. Whitely, 

 of Woolwich, says he is sure his son was. I can only say it 

 is a common Avinter visitant to Amoy, in China. 



Plectrophanes nivalis (L.) . 



" Still only one specimen " {Blakiston) . None sent. 



86. Dryocopus martius (L.). 



A male and female sent. "Female specimen sent has 

 scarlet on nape only " [Blakiston). 



87. Gecinus canus (L.). 



Two males sent, with small bills, but not otherwise different. 

 " Is there any chance of there being another species here " 

 {Blakiston) ? The G. awokera (T. & S.) will in all probability 

 occur there also, as in places in Europe both G, viridis and 

 G. canus are found together. 



88. PiCUS MAJOR (L.). 



A female sent. " Identified in 1862" [Blakiston). 



89. Picus LEUcoNOTus, L. [uralensis). 



A male sent. " Identified in 1862" [Blakiston). 



90. Picus KisuKi, T. & S. 



" Identified in 1868 " [Blakiston) . A male sent. 



91. CucuLus cANORiNUs, Cab. 



A male sent of this Eastern Cuckoo, the same as we get 

 as a summer visitant in China. 



