LITERATUBE. 13 



JouY. Ornithological Notes on Collections made in Japan from 



June to December 1882. Proc. United States Nat. Mus. 1883, 



pp. 273-318. 



Although this paper does not add any new species of bird to the 



Japanese list, it gives much interesting information respecting the 



breeding of many species of birds on the mountains of Central Japan. 



Blakiston. The Chrysanthemum, iii. pp. 26-36. Ornithological 

 Notes. 1883. 

 This paper is entitled ''Autumn collecting at Sapporo, Yezo," 

 and contains a detailed account of the various species observed during 

 an ornithological expedition in the months of September and 

 October. 



Blakiston. The Chrysanthemum, iii. pp. 172-174. Ornithological 

 Notes. 1883. 

 This paper chiefly refers to birds obtained by the collectors of 

 Messrs. Owston Snow & Co., on the Kurile Islands. One bird is 

 added to the Japanese list : — 



Ardea alba. 



Seebohm. Further Contributions to the Ornithology of Japan. 

 Ibis, 1884, pp. 30-43. 

 This paper is a report on a small collection of birds from Japan 

 sent by Captain Blakiston. Many species which are included with 

 some doubt in the second list of Japanese birds issued by Messrs. 

 Blakiston and Pryer are identified for the first time. The following 

 species are added to the Japanese list : — 



Puffinus griseus. 



Ardea prasinosceles. 



Lusdniola pryeri. 



Blakiston. Amended List of the Birds of Japan. 1884. 



This pamphlet corrects some errors in the previous lists, and 

 arranges the Birds of Japan in four groups: — A, B. Species common 

 to Yezzo and Southern Japan. C. Species not found in Yezzo or 

 the Kuriles. D. Species not found south of Yezzo. E. Species 

 found on the Kuriles, but not in Japan proper. The following 

 species are added to the Japanese list : — 



Diomedea nigripes. 



Puffinus carneipes. 



