72 FASSERES. 



Schrenct's Reed- Warbler is a common summer visitor to all the 

 Japanese Islands. There are four examples in the Swinhoe collection 

 obtained by Captain Blakiston in May and June at Hakodadi 

 (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1874, p. 154) ; and there are two examples in the 

 Pryer collection from Yokohama. I have examples collected during 

 the breeding-season on Fuji-yama by Mr. Heywood Jones in 1878 

 and by Mr. Jouy in 1883. Mr. Ringer has obtained it from Nagasaki 

 (Blakiston and Pryer, Trans. As. Soc. Japan, 1882, p. 156) and kindly 

 presented me with an example. 



Schrenck^s Reed- Warbler breeds in Eastern Siberia as well as in 

 Japan, and passes along the coast of China on migration, to winter 

 in the Burma peninsula. 



It is a rather shy bird, but is very common in the meadows round 

 Fuji-yama in summer, the males mounting the tops of the long 

 grass and disappearing on the other side (Jouy, Proc. United States 

 Nat. Mus. 1883, p. 288). 



40. LOCUSTELLA FASCIOLATA. 



(GRAY'S GRASSHOPPER-WARBLER.) 



Aerocephalus fasciolatus, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1860, p. 349. 



Gray's Grasshopper- Warbler has the upper parts nearly uniform 

 in colour and is a large bird (wing from the carpal joint 2"9 to 

 3"2 inches). 



Figures : Seebohm, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. v. pi. 5 (adult and 

 young). 



Gray's Grasshopper- Warbler is a rare visitor on migration to the 

 Japanese Islands. There is an example in the Swinhoe collection 

 from Hakodadi (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1876, p. 332) ; but it has not yet 

 been recorded from Southern Japan. There can, however, be no 

 reasonable doubt that it passes Hondo as well as Yezzo on migration. 



This species breeds near Lake Baikal and in the valley of the 

 Amoor. It passes along the coasts of China and Japan on migration, 

 to winter in the islands of the Malay Archipelago. 



