1887.] THE FAUNA OF COREA. 581 



crassirostris ! The seven remaining are : — Asio otus. Scops sticto- 

 notus, Caprimulgus jotaka, Cecropis Japonica, Nemoricola indica, 

 Heematopus osculans, and Totaniis glottis. 



It may be well to note that David and Oustalet, in their well- 

 known ' Oiseaux de la Chine,' mention a few species as also from 

 Corea ; and Dr. O. Finsch, in a paper which bears the title ' Ueber eine 

 Vogelsammlung ans den Kiistenlandern der chinesisch-japanischen 

 Meere" (Verh. k.-k. zool.-bot. Gesell. Wien, xxii. pp. 253-272), 

 mentions the three following species from Corea : — Scops japonicus, 

 Anthus pratensis, and Phalaropus cinereus. 



We have therefore good reason to believe that the following 

 " Notes " will not prove devoid of interest. 



MAMMALIA. 

 1 . Crocidura lasiura, Dobson. 



a. $. Fusan, August 5th, 1880. 



A young specimen with teeth partially descended. It was kindly 

 determined for us by Mr. Dobson, to whom it was sent. 



The type of this species, also from Corea, is in the Imperial 

 Zoological Museum at St. Petersburg. 



AVES. 



1. ACCIPITER NISOIDES, Blyth. 



Accipiter nisoides, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi. p. 727 (1847), Malacca. 



Astur (Nisiis) gularis, Temm. et Schl. Faun. Jap., Aves, p. 5, 

 tab. 2 (18.^0). 



Accipiter stevensoni, Gurn. Ibis, 186.3, p. 447, pi. 11 (China). 



Accipiter virgntus, partim, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 151 

 (1873) ; David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 26 (1877). 



a. Olga Bay, September 1879. 



Mr. Gurney, who has kindly examined this specimen for us, thinks 

 it is a young female of the above-named species. 



2. Asio accipitrinus (Pall.). 



Asio accipitrinvs, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. p. 234 (1875). 

 Otus brachyotus, David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 41 (18/7). 



a. Vladivostok, October 1879. 



b. Possiette Bay, October 1879. 



Both specimens are rather dark in the ground-colour of the under- 

 parts. 



3. Alcedo bengalensis, Gm. 



Alcedo bengalensis, Sharpe, Monogr. Alced. pi. 2 (1868) ; David 

 et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 74 (1877). 

 (I, b. Olga Bay, September 1879. 



c. d, e,f. Gensan, 16th August, 1880. 



The Corean specimens are young birds with exceedingly short 

 bills. 



