30 Mr. H. Seebohm's Contributions 



The form of the tail-feathers is different in the tyro 

 nes, these being much broader and more obtusely routed 

 at tnk tips in /. pulchricollis. (8) In /. pectoralis j&\ the 

 greater quills have very distinct and regular rufous spots or 

 bars on tntsdr inner webs ; in /. pulchricollis thgse spots are 

 confined to tlte first quill ; in the others the inner web is of 

 a nearly uniformslight rufous on its basal hm, the bars being 

 almost obsolete. (^) /. pulchricollis is altogether the larger 

 bird. 



There is no different in the coldur of the sexes of this 

 species. 



Dr. Emin Bey discovered\tfiis interesting bird in one of 

 his excursions east of the Bajr-ePDjebel. "All round Babira," 

 he writes, " there is nurch cultivated ground, interspersed 

 with groups of trees/and fine parl^-like scenery. Here it 

 was that this Wryne'ck, a pair of which I send, was observed 

 early in the morning searching for ants. \The birds are rather 

 clumsy in theiXinovements, awkwardly hopping about. They 

 fly short distances only, the flight being untshilatory. The 

 note of the male is a repeated dii-i } which is ans\ered by the 

 female/ They keep much on the ground. In rilHng they 

 utte/'a sharp zick. Rare." 



IV. Further Contributions to the Ornithology of Japan. 

 By HENRY SEEBOHM. 



I AM indebted to Capt. Blakiston for an opportunity of ex- 

 amining a case of birds from Japan containing some examples 

 of very great interest. The order in which the species are 

 placed in the subjoined notes upon this collection is that 

 adopted by Messrs. Blakiston and Pryer in their article on 

 the birds of Japan (Ibis, 1878, p. 209). 



BRACHYRHAMPUS MARMORATUS. 



A skin sent (No. 1269), labelled #, Hakodadi, May," 

 appears to belong to this species. Its short tarsus, much 

 shorter than the middle toe, and blackish plumage, marbled 



