Notes from Japan. 1 11) 



A few pairs of Creepers were seen among the big forest- 

 growth on Fujiyama at 5000 ft. The liabits of these birds 

 seemed exactly similar to those of the European race. 



28. SiTTA EUROP.EA A^iURENsis Swinhoe. Daurian Nut- 

 hatch. 



Sitta casia amurensis Seehohm, B. Jap. Emp. p. 92. 

 Jap. : Ki-mawari. 



In the Chuzenji woods I several times heard the notes of 

 a Nuthatch^ which doubtless belonged to this species. 



29. CORVUS MACRORHYNCHUS JAPONENSIS (Bp.). Juuglc- 



Crow. 



Corvus macrorhynchus japonensis Seebohm, B. Jap. Emp. 

 p. 94. 



Jap. : Hashibuto-garasu. 



IMiis Crow is found throughout the length and breadth of 

 Japan, being, if anything, more at home in the towns and 

 cities than in the country districts. It is particularly 

 common in Tokio, where it nests early in the spring in the 

 parks and grounds of the Imperial Palace. 



30. Garrulus japonicus Temm. & Schl. Japanese Jay. 

 Garrnlus japonicus Seebohm, B. Jap. Emp. p. 101. 



Jap. : Kakesu. 



Fairly plentiful on the wooded slopes of Fuji, where I took 

 two clutches of eggs, one on May 21st and another on 

 June 2iid, the nest in the latter case being at an elevation of 

 five thousand feet. In its shy habits and harsh cry this bird 

 is very like the European species. When pulling the first 

 nest to pieces I found that the foundation contained a layer 

 or platform of clay about an inch in thickness, but otherwise 

 it was composed almost exclusively of roots. The second 

 had the exterior adorned with a kind of grey moss-like plant 

 or lichen, taken from the festoons that covered the branches 

 of many of the surrounding trees. This parasitic growth is, 

 I believe, Lycopodiuni sieboldi, and it seems to become very 

 prevalent at altitudes of over four thousand feet. My eggs 

 are indistinguishable from those of G. glandarius, and 

 measure 1*25 x 0'9 in. 



