N,,. nil. Iinn>s OF THE KI'llll. ISL.t.S'hS—STK./Xh'dfUi. 287 



99. DRYOBATES JAPONICUS (Sccbohm). 167. 



Hecboliiii siiyH (hut, liis cxaiiiplcs IVoiii tlic Kuril islaiulH and troin 

 Yc/o air, oil ail av«',raj;«', wliitcr on the uii(l<'r paitH than those. (Voiii 

 soiitlicni Jajiaii.' In Ithikislon's nianiisc.iipt <-atah)^iio I iiiul an 

 entry of a Hpccjiiien of />. major (No. Ii721)) from tlio Kiirils (Snow), 

 (k'si/^nalcd as llaUodate iVliisciiiii, No. ll'O. On southern Kuril.s only, 

 aecordini^ to Snovv.' 



100. DRYOBATES MINOR (Linnaeus). 168. 



lU^yoiid Snow's iioti^ that it occurs <»ii tlic soul hern Kurds oidy'^ 

 nothiii}; is de,(init(;ly known, and specimens are hi;:iily (h'sirablo, in 

 order to ascertain its status as ctomparcd with th(^ Kamcliatk;iii />. 

 immaciilatiifi HteJ nej4er. 



loi. CHAETURA CAUDACUTA (Latham). 187. 

 Mentioned by Snow, without, p;iiticuhi,rs.'^ 



102. MICROPUS PACIFICUS (Latham). 186. 

 l''ound on lt-uru|>, iu-cordin;^ to iU.aiiistoii and I'ryer.'' 



103. ALAUDA BLAKISTONI Stcjncf,'cr. 266A. 



The skyhirk was obs(5rved on the northein Kuril islunds by Htellor,' 

 and Kial<isi(»n uiid I'ryer note having specimens I'ruin tht; Kuril 

 ishinds.' TIk', latter were col leeted by Ulakistcui in Iluru|>, Heptcunber 

 H to 10, ISSI, and two of tluuii an', now in the U. H. National Museum 

 (Nos. !)(i;'.0(», DIWOI)." 



104. OTOCORIS ALPESTRIS (Linnaeus). 267. 



Pallas having' ^iv<'-n a Kiiriliiin name for this bird, namely, liUdnt- 

 scliir,' it has been staled to occui in t,he Kuril ishinds. 



105. ANTHUS CERVINUS (Pallas). 227. 



The red-throated pipit, probubly breeds on the Kuiils. Snow col- 

 lected two spe(;iineiis (iJlakiston, Nos. li()r>5, L'()5(>). 



Locdliti/. — Shumshu; datt^, .)une 7, 1S7(>, accordiiij;' to Heebohm," one 

 of which is in the 11. H. National Museum. I'^ukushi also obtained 

 specimens on the Kiirils in 'luly, which had apricot, coloring on the 

 throat, according to l>lakis(,on and I'ryer;'' while. lUukiston himself 

 collected two specimens (Nos. Ii77(), L'777) in Itiiriip on Sept,eniber 10, 

 l.SJSl, the former of which is in tlu^ II. H. National Museum. 



' I!. .I;i)». Iliiip., |». I.')l. 'SUrjiii .ror, I'loc. II. S. Nat. Mum., IH'.)2, \\ , \>.:H>\. 



'NoI,i;h Kuril isl., p. ;{(;. ' Zod^r., I.p.rj^O. 



'I'li^o 140. ' H. .Iiip. Kriip., p. 117. 



' l':ii|jis, '/AHtur., I, p.r.L'i. ' l';iKc I.VI. 

 ■l'a;;o l(i«. 



