12 BIRDS or THE JAPANESE EMPIRE. 



Tringa canutus. 



„ platyrhyncha . 

 Phalaropus fulicarius . 

 Gallicrex cristatus. 

 Phasianus torquatus, 

 Turtur humilis. 

 Eurystomus orientalis. 

 ■Garrulus sinensis. 

 Lanius magnirostris. 

 Motacilla flava. 

 Surnia scandiaca. 



Blakiston. The Chrysanthemum, ii. pp. 424-428; pp. 471-475 ; 

 pp. 521-525. Ornithological Notes. 1882. 



These three papers appeared in the ' Chrysanthemum/ a periodical 

 published in Yokohama^ and consist of a series of interesting notes 

 on the various species of birds observed by the writer on the south- 

 east coast of Yezzo during a trip which he made in May and June. 



Seebohm. Observations on the Pied Wagtails of Japan. Ibis, 1883, 

 pp. 90-92. 



This paper describes an apparently new species of Wagtail under 

 the name of Motacilla blakistoni, which has since been proved to be 

 the fally adult, in the second year, of Motacilla lugens of Kittlitz. 



Seebohm. Exhibition of a new species of Owl from Yezzo. Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. 1883, p. 466. 



This notice refers to a new species of Owl sent from Japan by 

 Captain Blakiston, and named Bubo blakistoni. 



Blakiston. The Chrysanthemum, iii. pp. 76-81. Ornithological 

 Notes. 1883. 



This paper contains much very interesting information respecting 

 the collections of birds made by Mr. P. L. Jouy, of the Smithsonian 

 Institution at Washington, and Mr. A. J. M. Smith in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Fuji-yama and Tate-yama, two mountain-ranges in the 

 largest of the Japanese Islands. One bird is added to the Japanese 

 list :— 



Emberiza spodocephala. 



