144 , Mr. R. Swiiiboe 07i Birds from Hakodadi. 



XII. — On the Contents of a fourth Box of Birds from Hakodadi, 

 in Northern Japan. By R. Swixhoe, F.R.S. 



I HAVE now to report upon a fourth box of birds received 

 from Mr. T. W. Blakiston, of Hakodadi, North Japan, con- 

 taining thirty- four specimens, together with additional notes, 

 dated 30th June, 1876. I will continue my numbers, as 

 before, from where I last left off (Ibis, 1876, p. 335). The 

 last number noted was 142 ; but as no. 135, Uragus sibiricus, 

 was wrongly identified, as appears from the present series, 

 w^e must erase it, and commence by repeating the last number, 



142. CiKcus spiLONOTus, Kaup. 



A male, in immature plumage, marked " Awomori (North 

 Japan), 18th April, 1876, c? 21^ x 17.^' 



A female Merlin [Falco tesalon), from Yedo, is also sent. 

 Mr. Blakiston speaks of having some Owls, and asks if Whitely 

 was right in giving Syrnium rufescens, T. & S., from Hakodadi. 

 Whitely^s specimens were without doubt correctly identified. 



There is a specimen of P/pastes agilis, Sykes, which was 

 procured at Yokohama, and one of Oreocincla aurea, from 

 the same locality, with the remark " very common in the 

 market of Yokohama in winter." Mr. Blakiston also asks 

 " Does Muscicapa gularis exist as a species, or are birds so 

 called only females [Cyanoptila cyanomelmia) 1" There is no 

 doubt in my mind that the former name has been applied to 

 the female of the latter species (see P. Z. S. 1871, p. 380). 



A Japanese Jay, sent from Yokohama, is Garrulus ja- 

 ponicus, Bp. This species does not seem to occur at Hako- 

 dadi, where its place appears to be taken by G. hrandti. 



* ]>r. Finscli oives only n8-l() millinis. lor the length of the tail. 



