368 Mr. H. Seebohm on the 



217. ANAS XANTHORHYNCHUS, Forst. 

 Mashoona, December. Seen, but not procured. 



218. PLOTUS LEVAILLANTI, Licht. 



(100) <$ , Quae Quae river, 23rd October. Iris dingy 

 orange ; bill pale greenish ash, darker alongytne culmen ; 

 tarsi and feet dusky brown. 



The Darter is found sparsely on most/of the rivers of 

 Mashoona land, but is more abundant yd the Transvaal and 

 Natal. Beware how you handle a wjtfunded bird : this one 

 made a sudden dart at my eye; and it was only by the merest 

 instinct of self-preservation that I/put my hand up in time 

 to receive the thrust. The uppe/mandible pierced with great 

 force to the bone of my ftjunib, and, the bill being serrated, 

 stuck there amongst the muscles, giving considerable pain ; 

 and I had to pull hard to/get iKput. 



219. STRUTHIO CAMELUS, Linn\ 



(73) Young <$ , Umvuli, 4th Sepikmber. Iris light dusky 

 brown ; bill pale h^rn-colonr, rather du&ky along the culmen ; 

 legs and feet yellowish ash. 



The Ostrich/is sparingly distributed throughout the Mash- 

 oona country, frequenting generally the more, open shallow 

 valleys. )nly about a dozen birds were killed by all the 

 hunters/of our party, numbering about twenty/ Two or 

 three /Clutches of young birds were caught this month. In 

 the/Bamangwato country they are much more plentiful^ 



XXVI. Further Contributions to the Ornithology of Japan. 

 By HENRY SEEBOHM. 



THROUGH the kindness of Capt. Blakiston, who has forwarded 

 me another box of skins from Hakodate, I am able to add a 

 few species to the birds of Japan, and to clear up one or two 

 doubtful points in the previous papers on this subject in ' The 

 Ibis' (1878, pp. 209-250, arid 1879, pp. 18-43). 



SlMORHYNCHUS CRISTATELLTJS (Ibis, 1879, p. 21). 



The skin sent (No. 2605) is from the Kurile Islands. 



