NOVITATES ZOOLOOICAE XXIII. 1916. 95 



PLATE XLVI 



Another nncoloured plate, said to be a Japanese Fish-hawk, " Der Bisago oder 

 japanische Fischfalke." I should say it would be meant for a JBtcteo, but a Buzzard 

 is not a Fish-hawk ! 



PLATE LVII 



" Die japanische Moeve mit dem Blutschnabel." — It is this plate which served 

 as the type of Vieillot's Larus crassirostris (Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxi. p. 508, 

 1818). The figure is good, with the exception of the bill, which is represented far 

 too large, thus causing Vieillot to name the species crassirostris, which is by no 

 means a suitable name. 



PLATE LXXXIV 



" Tringa variegata oder der bunte Sachalinische Strandläufer." — An excellent 

 representation of the Eastern form of the Dunlin. On this plate Vieillot, Nouo. 

 Diet. d'Hist. Nat. iii. p. 359 (1816), based his Scolopax sakkalinz, and this name, 

 in the form of Erolia alpina sakhalina, must be accepted for the E. Asiatic 

 and North American Dunlin (cf. Buturlin, Auk, 1914, pp. 50-53). — Tringa variegata, <■ 

 is preoccupied by Gtnelin, 17S9. 



PLATE LXXXV 



Upper figure : A Wagtail, evidently Motacill'i leucopsis. This is the bird to 

 which Vieillot (Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xiv. p. 599) refers as follows : " Le 

 hochequeue, döerit par Sachalin, et qui se trouve en Rnssie." Evidently Vieillot 

 had here confused his notes, as in the case of his Scolopax sakhalina. As Buturlin 

 assured us, there is, previous to Vieillot's writings, no Russian author by the name 

 of Sakhalin or Sackalin, and no special work on the island of Sakhalin (see Auk, 

 1904, p. 50). 



Lower figure : " Eine Meise von Jesso." This note does not do credit to the 

 author — whether Tilesins or some one else — for in the Russian explanation of the 

 plate it is said that both birds came from Sakhalin, not from Jesso, and the bird 

 is far from being a Titmouse (" Meise "). I cannot find any mention of this 

 bird in the Nouveau Dictionnaire, by Vieillot, and it seems to be a bad representa- 

 tion of Saxicola (" Pratincola ") torquata stejnegeri (Parrot) (cf. Hartert, Vog. Pal. 

 Fauna i. p. 708). 



PLATE LXXXVI 



A coloured figure of a Wader. On the plate : " Tringa Meleagris, die braune 

 weiss punctirte Meerlerche." This plate has been named " Tringa Sakhalmi" by 

 Vieillot {Nouo. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxiv. p. 471), "le Tringa de Sakhalin." 

 Probably " Sakhalm " and " Sakhalmi " are misprints or slips for " Sakhalin " and 

 *' Sakhalina." The figure is very peculiar and evidently not a faithful representa- 

 tion of any bird. Buturlin {Auk, 1904, p. 52) took it for a young " Heteractitis 

 brevipes" but the golden yellow colour on the short, square tail, and the long legs, 

 as well as the spotting on the back and wings, cannot possibly have been taken 

 from any Heteractitis. They agree with the eastern Golden Plover (Charadrius 

 Julvus), but the long bill and markings on the head are those of a "Heteractitis." 

 Probably the figure of " Tringa meleagris " is a mixture of both, and a 

 fictitious one. 



