CONTENTS. IX 



Geographical J)stribution of Japanese Birds. 



Page 

 List of Species, showing their Distribution ■within the Japanese Empire, 



and (during the breeding-season) outside its limits 20 



Summary of the various ranges (during the breeding-season) of Japanese 



Birds 30 



Distribution of Birds peculiar to the Japanese Empire 32 



Summary of the Distribution of Birds within the Japanese Empire .... 34 



Comparative table of British and Japanese Birds 37 



Climatic Variations of Palaearctio Birds 38 



Classification and Identification of Japanese Birds. 



Subclass PASSERIFORMES. 



Order PICO-PASSERES. 



Suborder I. PASSERES. 

 Family PASSERID.^. 



Subfamily TirKmitJi). 



1. OeodehJa varia. White's Ground-Thrush 43 



2. sibirica. Siberian Ground-Thrush 44 



3. terrestris. Kittlitz's Ground-Thrush 44 



4. Me)ula cardis. Grey Japanese Ouzel 45 



5; fuscata. Dusky Ouzel 46 



6. naumanni. Eed-tailed Ouzel 47 



7. pallida. Pale Ouzel 47 



8. dhrysolaus. Brown Japanese Ouzel 48 



9. obseura. Dusky Ouzel 49 



10. celcenops. Seven-Island Ouzel 50 



11. Erithaeus aJcahige. Japanese Eobin 50 



12. namiyei. Stejneger's Eobin 51 



13. Jcomadori. Temminck's Eobin 52 



14. calliope. Siberian Euby-throat«d Eobin 52 



15. cyaneus. Siberian Blue Eobin 53 



16. Montieola cyanus solitaria. Eastern Blue Eock-Thrush 53 



17. Cinelus pallasi. Siberian Black-bellied Dipper 54 



