APPENDIX. 



There is, as far as I am aware, no catalogue of the 

 Japanese birds published, except that in Siebold's Fauna 

 Japonica, a work now out of print, and unattainable by 

 the public generally. 



I found it very inconvenient myself, when in that 

 country, being without a list, however imperfect; and 

 thinking that possibly this volume might fall into the 

 hands of some naturalists who also may wish to collect 

 the feathered tribes of Nipon, I add a list of those named 

 in the above-quoted work, which, so far as it goes, is no 

 doubt correct. It is, however, more to be depended on as 

 referring to the birds of the southern parts of the country. 

 Siebold's opportunities for collecting, etc., lay almost 

 entirely in the south, and considering the up-hill work it 

 must have been in his time for a foreigner to do anything 

 of the kind, the Fauna Japonica is a most excellent and 

 valuable work. I add to this catalogue a list of the birds 

 I collected myself, which almost all were from the north 

 of Nipon or Yesso. Ornithologists, I hope, will excuse 

 any inaccuracies I make in the nomenclature. I am quite 

 aware that all naturalists will not agree with me. 



Some of the birds I have named differ slightly from 

 their British or foreign congeners. For instance, the bird 



