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  Recently 
  published 
  Ornithological 
  Works, 
  

  

  upon 
  the 
  scene 
  among 
  the 
  birds 
  was 
  a 
  true 
  Flamingo. 
  It 
  

   could 
  not 
  have 
  been 
  very 
  abundant, 
  for 
  it 
  has 
  left 
  but 
  

   scanty 
  remains. 
  Scill 
  it 
  was 
  there, 
  and 
  its 
  presence 
  has 
  its 
  

   meaning 
  — 
  it 
  may 
  even 
  suggest 
  ideas 
  as 
  to 
  what 
  the 
  climate 
  

   may 
  have 
  been 
  in 
  those 
  times. 
  Herons 
  were 
  to 
  be 
  seen, 
  and 
  

   in 
  the 
  marshes 
  cackled 
  Coots 
  and 
  flew 
  flocks 
  of 
  Blackbirds, 
  

   no 
  doubt 
  with 
  notes 
  and 
  habits 
  very 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  their 
  

   descendants 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  day. 
  Tringece 
  and 
  Phalaropes 
  

   coursed 
  along 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  the 
  lakers 
  margin, 
  while 
  upon 
  its 
  

   more 
  rugged 
  borders 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  seen 
  Ravens 
  perching, 
  

   or 
  even 
  some 
  representative 
  of 
  the 
  Raptorial 
  group. 
  Further 
  

   back 
  from 
  the 
  lake's 
  limits 
  we 
  would 
  meet 
  with 
  several 
  

   species 
  of 
  Grouse, 
  and 
  these 
  were 
  perhaps 
  occasionally 
  preyed 
  

   upon 
  by 
  the 
  Falcon-like 
  Eagle 
  and 
  its 
  companion, 
  the 
  lesser 
  

   form, 
  which 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  seen 
  circling 
  in 
  the 
  air 
  over- 
  

   head.'^ 
  

  

  61. 
  Stejncger 
  on 
  Additions 
  to 
  the 
  Japanese 
  Avifauna. 
  

  

  [Two 
  Additions 
  to 
  tlie 
  Japanese 
  Avifauna, 
  inehiding 
  Description 
  of 
  a 
  

   new 
  Species. 
  J3y 
  Leonliard 
  Stejneger. 
  Proc. 
  U.S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus. 
  xv. 
  p. 
  ;571.] 
  

  

  The 
  additions 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  Japanese 
  avifauna 
  in 
  this 
  article 
  

   are 
  Tringa 
  temmincki, 
  obtained 
  near 
  Tokyo 
  in 
  the 
  autumn 
  of 
  

   1891, 
  and 
  Acanthojmetiste 
  ijimcB, 
  sp. 
  nov., 
  from 
  the 
  Idzu 
  

   Islands, 
  previously 
  referred 
  by 
  the 
  author 
  to 
  Phyllopseustes 
  

   coronatas 
  (Proc. 
  U.S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus. 
  1887, 
  p. 
  486). 
  

  

  62. 
  Stejneger 
  on 
  Mr. 
  Henson's 
  Collection 
  from 
  Yezo, 
  Japan. 
  

  

  [Notes 
  on 
  a 
  Collection 
  of 
  llirds 
  made 
  by 
  Harry 
  V. 
  Ilenson 
  in 
  the 
  

   Island 
  of 
  Yezo, 
  Japan. 
  By 
  Leonliard 
  Stejneger. 
  Proc. 
  U.S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus. 
  

   XV. 
  p. 
  289.] 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Harry 
  V. 
  Henson's 
  " 
  large 
  and 
  interesting 
  " 
  collection 
  

   from 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Hakodadi 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  U.S. 
  National 
  

   Museum, 
  and 
  Dr. 
  Stejneger 
  gives 
  us 
  a 
  complete 
  account 
  of 
  

   it. 
  The 
  specimens 
  are 
  referred 
  to 
  about 
  62 
  species, 
  which 
  

   are 
  commented 
  upon 
  to 
  a 
  greater 
  or 
  less 
  length. 
  We 
  note 
  

   the 
  following 
  points: 
  — 
  The 
  Little 
  Grebe 
  [Tachybaptes 
  flavia- 
  

   tilis 
  of 
  the 
  B. 
  O. 
  U. 
  List) 
  is 
  now 
  proposed 
  to 
  be 
  called 
  by 
  

   the 
  specific 
  name 
  nigricans, 
  ex 
  Colymbus 
  nigricans, 
  Scop. 
  

  

  