276 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 
We spent a day here visiting the famous temples and sightseeing. 
We left Zenkoji on the morning of the 18th, and, having secured a 
kuruma for a short distance, we walked the remainder, 25 miles, into 
Omachi, where we arrived at 5 p. m. 
Omachi, situated at the base of the Tate-Yama Mountains, is 2,150 
feet above the sea-level and about 130 miles northwest from Yokohama. 
These mountains, the most considerable in Japan, present an almost. 
impassable barrier between the province of Shinshiu and the west 
coast, a pass 7,700 feet high, affording a doubtful means of communi- 
cation during a few months in the year. We were attracted to this 
isolated region by the accounts of the game which was said to abound 
in the mountains. We were also anxious to secure ptarmigan, said to 
be exceedingly tame and abundant. 
As our luggage had not yet arrived, we were detained at Omachi 
several days awaiting it; meanwhile we occupied ourselves in pros- 
pecting about the country in search of a permanent place to work in. 
At Oide, a small hunting village 3 miles from Omachi, containing a 
single tea-house, we secured a room, and our gear having arrived we 
took possession of our quarters and commenced work on the 25th of 
September. Here we remained for three months, adding many valuable 
specimens to our previous collections, and returning to Yokohama late 
in December. 
At Tate-Yama we secured specimens of the rare goat-antelope Nemor- 
hedus crispar, the Japanese bear, Ursus japonicus, the monkey, Macacus 
speciosus, raccoon-faced dog, badger, and many smaller animals of equal 
rarity. Our collection of birds was enhanced by about 300 skins, in- 
cluding many species not collected by us before. We also made a small 
collection of fishes and reptiles. 
Before closing this brief account I desire to acknowledge my indebted- 
ness to Mr. Alan Owston, of Yokohama, whose co-operation in my work 
and many acts of kindness made collecting possible; to Capt. Thomas 
Blakiston, for invaluable assistance in the work of identification; to 
Mr. Smith, a genial companion and excellent collector, who performed 
the office of interpreter and smoothed over the roughness of traveling 
in a strange country; to Mr. H. Pryer, who gave me free access to a 
valuable collection of Japanese birds; and to many other gentlemen 
for courtesies extended. 
YOKOHAMA, JAPAN, April 30, 1883. 
Turdus cardis T. Temm. et Schl., Faun. Japon., 1847, Aves, pl. xxix et xxx, p. 65; 
Blakiston, Ibis, 1862, p. 319; Whitely, Ibis, 1867, p. 199; Blakiston and 
Pryer, Trans. As. Soc. Japan, Vol. X, Pt. I, p. 165; Brit. Mus. Cat., Vol. V, 
p. 261. | 
This is a lowland thrush, and is found breeding at Fuji, all around 
the base of the mountain. It was quite common there, although we did 
