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Mt. Gorokudake in the Tate-Yama Range. The Japanese happily call 
this bird the “ia hibari,” “rock lark,” a name which is very suggestive 
of the habits of the bird. ‘ 
Returning from Tate-Yama late in December by way of Usui Pass, I 
had the pleasure of seeing three of these birds at the same time, cer- 
tainly an unusual thing for birds of their solitary nature. Iwas descend- 
ing the pass considerably in advance of my companions. when a turn in 
the road brought me by a partially boggy place, surrounded by rocks 
with water trickling over and between them. Here I saw the accentors. 
They were flitting around on the rocks, and seemed to be rather silent 
birds, simply uttering a low, soft chuckling note. They were very fa- 
miliar, and allowed me to approach within about 20 feet without taking 
alarm. 
List of specimens. 
Original | Museum | 
aniber! number. | Sex. Locality. | Date. | Remarks. 
Re neh ate aon a Cea ae 
SHE | caer ages Geass | SO Le amas Soeur oc Aug. —, 1881 | Destroyed. 
ReGum ieee: Onaga eee Oe EE ek Se Aug.—,1881| Do. 
678 91443 | fg ad. | Gorokudake, Shinshiu.....- Sept. 28, 1882 | Iris light brown. 
| 
Alauda japonica T. & S. Temm. et Schl. Faun. Japon., 1847, pl. xlvii, p. 87: Blak- 
iston, ‘Ibis,’ 1862, p. 327: Whitely, ‘Ibis,’ 1867, p. 293: Swinhoe, ‘Ibis,’ 1874, 
161, et 1877, p. 145: Blakiston and Pryer, Trans. As. Soc. Japan, Vol. X, 
Pt. I. 1882: p. 167. 
Abundant on the low grass hills around Hakone Lake and about Fuji. 
Breedirg on Fuji in July. 
Young 2, first plumage—Pileum brownish black, relieved by a few 
narrow white crescents, the feathers being narrowly tipped with white; 
a very distinct superciliary stripe of white, extending continuously from 
bill to and around occiput; nape dull brownish buff, clouded with dusky ; 
back and seapulars black, the feathers narrowly margined terminally with 
white and edged with dull buff or fulvous; wings black, the feathers 
broadly edged with light fulvous or clay-color, the tips of the uppermost 
feathers whitish. Stripe on side of head, blackish; lower parts pure 
white posteriorly, buffy white or pale buff anteriorly, the jugulum broadly 
but rather indistinctly streaked with dusky. 
List of specimens. 
eos | 
eae mal a a Bag Sex. Locality. | Date. Remarks. 
| | 
| + | - havi \. ail 
OD Tbe at cnwie eajoare (ilead’ Hakone: ens eee ean oe June 26, 1882 | Iris dark brown. 
579 B8G00 ~ |) Orie | ME ISV AM Maceo kaon oe slat July 22, 1882 
999 91550 Ade. [UNS WOZO\ .sone oes oleae Sept. 15, 1882 
1000 91551 | cad. | Sapporo, Yezo.........---.- June 23, 1882 
