160 Ona Collection of Birds from China and Japan. 
18. Buteo japonicus. 
Buteo japonicus, Schl. ; Swinh. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 260. 
No. 19. Shot on a tree at Yokohama, Jan. 22, 1870, while 
devouring a cocoon. Eyes yellow, with black pupils. Legs . 
bright yellow; beak bluish black.—Z. H. B 
19. Tinnunculus japonicus. 
renta Japonicus, Schl. ; Swinh. P. Z. S. Pio p. 261. 
Hawk, shot at Foochow, Nov 1869. Eye 
flack, db yellow ; legs bright yellow ; kak bluish black, 
yellow at the base.—R. H. B. 
20. Circus cyaneus. 
Circus cyaneus, Linn.; Swinh. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 261. 
No. 8. Shot on the banks of the river Yangtze at Shanghai, 
Jan. 6, 1870. Legs ees yellow ; eyes yellow, with black 
pupils ; beak bluish black and ye ellow at the base. Stomach 
contained only a few ae —RR. Dx JB. 
21. Circus eruginosus. 
Circus eruginosus, L. ; Swinh. P.Z. S. 1863, p. 332. 
No. 26. Shot in a swamp at Yokohama. Eyes yello 
with black pupils; legs yellow. I have seen this bird Agnes 
times catch fish in a large lake.—. H. B. 
The specimen sent by Mr. Bergman is apparently a female 
Marsh-Harrier, but in a eee stage of plumage. Mr. 
Gurney, to whom I showed the bird, thought it might belong 
to Circus spilonotus; but on conferring with Mr. Swinhoe, 
who is thoroughly nae with the last-named species, pe 
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generally vag coloration, and by the ia upper tail-coverts, 
as depicte R. B. S. 
22. Alcedo bengalensis. 
Alcedo bengalensis, Gm. ; Swinh. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 269. 
No. 13. Kingfisher, shot at Shanghai, Jan. 8, 1870. Legs 
dark yellow, almost red; eyes and beak black. —R. H. B. 
23. Botaurus stellaris. 
Botaurus stellaris, Linn. ; Swinh. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 320. 
No. 20. Bittern, ee in a reed-swamp at Yokohama, Jan. 
24, 1870. Eyes yellow, with black pupils; legs light pue 
