4 biRDS OF TfiE JJl'PANEBE EMPIRlE. 



localities are described, amongst which is an Owl (Ephialtes elegans), 

 which was obtained by Dr. Wilson from M. J. P. Verreaux, of 

 Paris, labelled " En Mer, cdtes du Japon, lat. 29° 47' N., long. 126° 

 13' 30" E." Unfortunately the collector's name is not added. 



C4ssiSf. Exp. Amer. Squad. China Seas and Japan, ii. pp. 219-248 

 (1856). 



This paper is an important addition to the history of Japanese 

 birds. It is a report of a collection made by Mr. Heine, the artist 

 of the Perry Expedition, during the years 1852-1854. It principally 

 relates to birds obtained at Hakodadi, which was then almost virgin 

 ground. Of the species obtained at Nagasaki by the Siebold 

 Expedition, 18 were found by the Perry Expedition at Hakodadi, 

 6 others at Simoda near Yokohama, and 2 on the Loo-Choo Islands. 

 Nine species were added to the Japanese fauna, of which the first 

 mentioned had been recorded by Pallas from the Kurile Islands^ 

 Two were obtained at Simoda ": — 



Fratercttla mystacea. 

 Lotus ridibundus. 



Two were procured on the Loo-Choo Islands : — 



Gallinula chloropus. 

 Sterna sinensis. 



And the remaining five were collected at Hakodadi : — 



Picus major japonicus. 

 Scolopax stenura. 

 Phalaropus hyperboreus. 

 Fratercula monocerata. 

 Numenius phceopus variegatus. 



Some interesting notes on the habits of the birds, as observed by 

 Mr. Heine, are added. 



Cassin. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1858,''pp. 191-196. 



This is a catalogue of a small collection of birds made by Dr. 

 Henderson during the cruise of the 'Portsmouth' in the year 1857, 

 but it adds something to our knowledge of Japanese birds. All the 

 examples were obtained at Hakodadi, 



