176 Mr. H. Seebohm on the 



FULIGULA PEEINA. 



Capt. Blakiston has sent an example of the Pochard from 

 Hakodadi. 



STERCORARIUS BUFFONI. 



An example (no. 2753) collected by Mr. Snow in the 

 Kurile Islands is correctly identified. 



PUFFINUS LEUCOMELAS. 



A number of specimens collected by Mr. H. Henson at 

 Hakodadi agree with the plate in the ' Fauna Japonica/ 



PUFFINUS CARNEIPES. 



Several examples collected by Mr. H. Henson at Hakodadi 

 appear to belong to this species. The under surface of the 

 wing is dark, and the legs and feet are pinkish. 



DlOMEDEA NIGRIPES. 



A fine adult female of this Albatross shot by Mr. H. 

 IJenson on the 17th of May in the Strait of Tsugaru, sepa- 

 rating Yezo from the main island, adds another species to 

 the fauna of Japan. It differs from the other dark Albatross 

 from Japan (D. derogata) in being slightly smaller, in having 

 dark instead of pale legs and bill, and in having the head 

 much paler in colour, especially round the base of the bill. 

 The bill is also smaller, measuring 4J inches from the frontal 

 feathers instead of 5 inches. This is said to be a good species, 

 though it has all the appearance of being the young of the 

 nearly white Albatross (D. albatrus), of which I have an 

 adnlt male obtained by Mr. H. Henson at Hakodadi on the 

 4th of April, which agrees in dimensions with a skin in the 

 Swinhoe collection from Amoy. In Mr. Ringer's collection 

 is also an example of D. albatrus from Nagasaki. 



GOISACHIUS MELANOLOPHUS. 



An example (No. 2714) from the main island, and a series 

 of examples collected by Mr. Ringer at Nagasaki, belong to 

 this species. It is not found in Yezo. 



ARDEA SACRA. 



Two Reef-Herons from the islands in the Straits of Corea 

 probably belong to this species. They are an almost uniform 



