38 NOTES ON TEE KURIL ISLANDS. 



(301) Asio otus, long-eared owl. Probably also Scopo Japonicus. 



(306) Aquila chrysaetus, golden eagle. The writer saw on 

 Yetorup what he took to be this eagle, where he observed both the 

 following : — 



(307) Haliaetus alhicillus, white-tailed eagle. 



(308) „ pelagicus, northern sea-eagle. 



(309) Pandion haliaetus, osprey. 



(310) Milvus 'nielanotis, black-eared kite. 

 (313) Buteo japonicus, Japan buzzard. 

 (318) Accipiter nisus, sparrow-hawk. 



(321) Hypotriorchis suhhuteo, hobby. 



(322) „ cesalon, merlin. 



(323) Falco peregrinus, peregrine falcon. 



(324) Circus cyaneus, hen harrier. 



Of the Accipitres the Peregrine falcon is the most common. It 

 is found throughout the whole chain of islands. The others mostly 

 frequent the southern islands. There are probably more members 

 of this group than are mentioned in this list. 



Reptiles, — The writer is under the impression he has seen a 

 small lizard in Yetorup, but he has not noticed reptiles elsewhere 

 on the Kurils, though snakes and frogs probably exist on Kunashir, 

 they being common in the neighbouring land of Yezo. 



Fishes. — Compared with other localities, the waters of the 

 Kuril Islands do not contain a great many different species of fish. 

 In the vicinity of the southern islands, fish are most plentiful. 

 At certain seasons the waters teem with fish of the herring family, 

 whilst cod, halibut, and several kinds of rock-fish are to be found 

 all the year round. Several species of Salmonidse are very plenti- 

 ful also, vast numbers being taken both in Kunashir and 

 Yetroup. 



The waters about the northernmost islands are well stocked 

 with cod, halibut, rock-fish, etc. Cod are much more plentiful 

 there than in the neighbourhood of the southern islands, and some 

 of the banks lying off to the north-west of Alaid are frequented by 

 cod-fishers from San Francisco. 



The streams of the northern islands are smaller and not so 

 suitable for salmon as those of the southern islands. The " run " 

 of the fish is also shorter, and consequently they are not so 

 plentiful as on the southern members of the chain. A few miles 



