Vol. ^^"^] Thayer and Bangs, Birds of Saghalin Island. 43 



A COLLECTION OF BIRDS FROM SAGHALIN ISLAND. 



BY JOHN E. THAYER AND OUTRAM BANGS. 



In the late spring and early summer of 1914, Prof. L. Munster- 

 hjelm visited Saghalin Island, gathering there specimens of natural 

 history of various kinds. During his stay in the island he collected 

 about a hundred and fifty birds, at three places only, namely 

 Sakachama, Haktshoko and Otomari, and on dates running from 

 May G to July 14. 



This collection was soon afterward acquired by Thayer and 

 presented to the Museum of Comparative Zoology, a few skins 

 only being retained for the Thayer Museum at Lancaster, Mass. 



Prof. Munsterhjelm's choice little collection, of course, far from 

 completely represents the ornis of Saghalin, still it contains many 

 nice things, and adds somewhat to the knowledge of the bird fauna 

 of that island. We therefore presume to give a full list of it. 



In 1908 Prof. Lonnberg ^ published a long and very excellent 

 account of the birds of Saghalin, the basis of his paper being a 

 large collection made in the island by Prof. Ijima in 1906. 



We have marked with an asterisk all species contained in Prof. 

 Munsterhjelm's collection that are not to be found in the body of 

 Lonnberg's list. Some of these are not new to the ornis of Sagha- 

 lin, having been previously recorded by Nikolski in a paper written 

 in 1889 in Russian, and are enumerated in Lonnberg's 'A List of 

 Birds known from Saghalin, at the end of his article (pp. 60-66). 

 A few, however, appear to be first records for the island. Even 

 in a small collection, such as the one made by Prof. Munsterhjelm 

 who failed to secure no end of species that were taken by Prof. 

 Ijima, there are fourteen species that Prof. Ijima's collection did 

 not contain. It would therefore seem, as prophesied by Lonnberg, 

 that there are many species of birds yet to be added to the list 

 of those found in Saghalin. 



. Contributions to the Ornis of Saghalin. Jour, of the College of Sci.. Imp. 

 Univ. of Toliyo, Vol. XXIII, Article 14, 1908. 



