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which has already been recorded from Japan by Whitely (Ibis, 

 1867, p. 204) as T. rupicola, and by Swinhoe (Ibis, 1874, 

 p. 162) as T. gelastes. 



CUCULUS HIMALAYANUS. 



The skins sent (Nos. 2710, 2711) from Fujisan are the 

 C. himalayanus of Vigors apud Jerdon. The wings measure 

 7'9 inches. 



CUCULUS HYPERYTHRUS. 



The skin sent (No. 2709) from Fujisan belongs to this 

 species. It is the Hierococcyx fug ax of Horsfield apud 

 Blakiston and Pryer. It appears to me that the adult of 

 this species is unknown. All the skins I have seen have 

 longitudinal streaks on the underparts, such as are charac- 

 teristic of immature birds of the Hierococcyx group of 

 Cuckoos, to which it evidently belongs. 



Picus MINOR. 



Three skins sent from Yezo are of typical P. minor, much 

 darker on the underparts, and much more streaked, espe- 

 cially on the breast and flanks, than P. minor var. pipra, 

 which ranges from Archangel to Kamtschatka. Two ex- 

 amples in my collection from the island of Saghalien, and 

 one from the Altai Mountains, are paler underneath, but are 

 streaked on the breast and flanks. A British example only 

 differs from these skins from Yezo in having the flanks barred 

 instead of streaked, a feature characteristic of P. minor var. 

 danfordi from Asia Minor. 



UPUPA EPOPS. 



The skin sent (No. 2125), caught at sea off the south-east 

 coast of Yezo, belongs to the typical form of the Hoopoe. 



ZOSTEROPS JAPONICA. 



A skin (No. 3250) bought from a native bird-dearer, and 

 said to have been caught in the interior of the main island, 

 is very large. It measures wing 2*5 inches, tail 1-8, culmen 

 77, tarsus *76. The rufous on the breast and flanks is some- 

 what paler than usuaL 



