178 Mr. H. Seebohm on the 



GRUS MONACHUS. 



The White-headed Crane, according to 1'Abbe David, breeds 

 in Japan. Mr. Ringer has sent three skins collected in 

 Nagasaki. 



VIRIDIROSTRIS. 



Grus j aponensis } Briss. 



Grus leucauchen, Temra. apud Blakiston and Pryer. 



This is the Sacred Crane of the Japanese. It is probably 

 only a winter visitor to Japan, and the account of its habits 

 in that island, quoted in the ' Natural History of the Cranes ' 

 by Tegetraeier from Sir E/utherford Alcock, refer to this 

 species, though they are erroneously ascribed to the White- 

 naped Crane by Tegetmeier, who has further complicated 

 the subject by including the name Grus antigone, Linn. 

 apud Pallas, in the synonymy of both the White-naped and 

 Sarus Cranes ; and that of Grus j aponensis, Briss., in the 

 synonymy both of the White-naped and Mantchurian Cranes. 

 Mr. Ringer has sent an example of the Mantchurian Crane 

 from Nagasaki. 



RHYNCH^EA BENGALENSIS. 



A male collected by Mr. H. Henson at Hakodadi on the 

 22nd of May is the first example of this species obtained in 

 Yezo. 



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GALLICREX CRISTATA. 



An example of this species collected by Mr. Ringer at 

 Nagasaki is an addition to the Japanese fauna. 



GALLINULA CHLOROPUS. 



An example (No. 3249) from Yokohama agrees with 

 European specimens. 



FULICA ATRA. 



An example (No. 3248) from Yokohama, and an example 

 collected by Mr. H. Henson at Hakodadi, agree with Euro- 

 pean specimens. 



OTIS DYBOWSKII. 



An example of a male Bustard collected by Mr. Ringer at 

 Nagasaki agrees with Taczanowsky's description of the 



