NO. nil. lunns OF rill': niini. islands sriusFJi 1:1:. 27,'J 



cohimho i(^(aiiis (1m^ wliilc- s|)<H;iilmn, (iv<'ii wlicrc. breeding niiicJi liirtlicr 

 Koiiili liiiui llic liititiKlC' ol' IIm) SoiiMicni Kiirils. 



Socboliin iiiislooU lilii.s bird lor (lu', (nio (i coliiniha, icsgnrdiiig the 

 jibHiMice of w lii(«'. oil I 1m^ wiiij;' coveils ii.s iiidic;ilive of tJi<' iidiilt siminiei' 

 l)hiiiijij;«'.' 



Huow'h (iuilleinot in very eoiiiiiioii in tlio Middle Kiiiils, uiid wii.s 

 found by nie e.xeecMlinj-ly niinHMoii.s on MiiHliir, kjiikok(^, Norlli iuid 

 Houtli UHJiisliir. it prol)iibly (^.xlends in winter (o Yezo, and niiiy also 

 oc(;ur in sontliern Kiinieiuitivii. 'IMie iiitUM' HUg^cstioii is based upon a 

 Hpecinien in the Aineri(;an Miiscnni of Natural History in New Yori<, 

 wliieh is Hiud to be I'roni Kaniehaticii. It was evidently eollected by 

 Ml'. Snow, iind tln-re is conscciuciilly Ui reiison (bi- siispeetinji Unit the 

 real loealily may iiavc been one of tin', Kuril islands. Snow has col- 

 lected this species on Ket,or ' in .luiu^, and Mi'. Kitahara secured 

 spe<!iineiis for the Science ('ollc};*^ Miisciiiii, Tokyo, on Hiiip early in 

 August. 



8. BRACHYRAMI^HUS PPIRDIX (Pallas). 



A Icniale colIecte«l by Snow in the Kiiiil islands is in the Secbohni 

 collection.' 



g. BRACHVRAMPHUS RRKVIROSTRIS (Vigors), g. 



Two spe(!irn<',ns in the Seebohin collect icni were collectcil by Mr. Snow 

 ill the Kuril islands.' 



10. SYNTHLIBORAMPHUS ANTIQUUS (Gmclinj. 8. 



i'aJlas' characterized this bird its :ibiind:iiit al>oiit t h<^ |northei'n{ 

 Kuril ishinds, ami ;;iive the, naiiie by which ii was kintwii to the 

 iiilnibitiints therciis '' Winjiorontsch.'' Sine*', then VVosiiesseiiski found 

 it wintering ;iinoiig (he Kurds, probably at I Imp,'' Snow found it 

 breeding there and collected sp<'eiiiieiis in diiiie." Mr. N. Kiikiishi 

 obtaincid it on Shikotan island.'' 



PTYCHORAMPHUS ALEUTICUS (Pallas). 



This specicis hiis Ix-en collected on the Kuril islands by VVosiMiSsenski, 

 according l,o Urandt-.' It, has not Ixicn seen there by others, and there 

 may bo a mistake about the locality. 



'Seeboliiii, H. .Iiip. Ilinp., p. lJ7r.. 



'^ Idciii, p. 271;. 



' Idem, |». 27S. 



' Idoiii, p. 27!>, 



''Zoogr. IJohh.-Ah., 11, |». 'MiH. 



"J^riuidfc, Mel. I.iol., ISi;!», VII, p. 2111. 



^ Hl.ikiKtiiu jiiid l'iy<ir, p. !»(»; Sccilioliiii, M. .I;ip. limp., p. 277. 



' MliiUiHt.on iiml I'ryrr, ]>. !K). 



"Mi'l. l5iol., ISO!), VII, p. L'22. 



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