128 PASSE RES. 



said to he a rare bird ( Whitely, Ibisj 1867, p. 202), and there are 

 several examples in the Paris Museum procured by I'Abbe Fauire 

 near Aomori in Northern Hondo. In the Pryer collection there are 

 two examples obtained by Mr. Snow from the Kurile Islands, and two 

 others from Yokohama. In the British Museum there are two 

 examples from Nagasaki presented by Mr. Ringer. 



105. FRINGILLA KITTLITZI. 



(BONIN-ISLAND GREENFINCH.) 



Fringilla kittlitzi, Seebolim, Ibis, 1890, p. 101. 



The Bonin-Island Greenfinch is about the size of the Japanese 

 Greenfinch, but the crown and nape are olive (instead of brown, as 

 in F. kawarahiba, or grey, as in F. sinica). It has also less yellow 

 at the base of the tail-feathers than either of its allies. 



The Bonin-Island Greenfinch was discovered by Kittlitz in 1828, 

 but was not regarded by its discoverer as distinct from the European 

 species. Mr. Hoist obtained three examples on one of the Parry 

 Islands, and two on one of the Bailly Islands, all of which are in 

 my collection. 



106. MONTIFRINGILLA BRUNNEINUCHA. 



(JAPANESE SNOW-FINCH.) 



Fringilla (Linarid) hrunneimicha, Brandt, Bull. Sc. Acad. Imp. Sc. St. P^ters- 

 bourg, 1842, p. 252. 



The Japanese Snow-Finch is about the size of a Bullfinch (wing 

 from carpal joint 4 J inches). The wing-coverts, rump, upper tail- 

 coverts, and underparts are much sufEused with rose-pink in the 

 male, and slightly so in the female. 



Fi"'ures : David and Oustalet, Oiseaux de la Chine, pi. 89. 



The Japanese Snow-Finch is only a winter visitor to Japan, 

 generally appearing in large flocks (Whitely, Ibis, 1867, p. 245). 

 I have two examples collected by Captain Blakiston at Hakodadi 

 (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1875, p. 450), and a third collected by Mr. Henson 

 in the same locality. Mr. Fukushi obtained it in the Kurile Islands 

 in July (Blakiston and Pryer, Trans. As. Soc. Japan, 1882, p. 174). 



