354 GRALL^. 



Figures : Temminck and Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Aves, pi. 74. 



The White-headed Crane has not been recorded from Yezzo, but 

 is not uncommon in the more southerly islands (Blakiston and Pryer, 

 Trans. As. Soc. Japan, 1883, p. 121). There is an example in the 

 Pryer collection from Yokohama ; and Mr. Ringer sent three ex- 

 amples from Nagasaki (Seebohm, Ibis, 1884, p. 178). 



The White-headed Crane certainly breeds in East Siberia, and 

 probably also in Southern Japan (David and Oustalet, Ois. de la 

 Chine, p. 434). 



358. TURNIX BLAKISTONI. 

 (BLAKISTON'S HEMIPODE.) 



Areoturnix bldkistoni, Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 401. 



Figures : Temminck, Planches Coloriees, no. 60. fig. 2 (female) ; 

 Gould, Birds of Asia, vii. pi. 11 (male) ; Sykes, Trans. Zool. Soc. ii. 

 pi. 4 (male). 



Blakiston's Jlemipode was described from a single example, a 

 male, procured by Captain Blakiston near Canton, and now in the 

 Swinhoe collection. A second male has been described from the 

 Loo-Choo Islands (Stejneger, Proc. United States Nat. Mus. 1886, 

 p. 635). A very adult female with black throat belongs (as Dr. 

 Stejneger suggests) to the same species ; it was sent by Mr. Pryer 

 from the LoorChoo Islands, and is dated July (Seebohm, Ibis, 1887, 

 p. 179). 



Blakiston's Hemipode will probably prove to be a local race of 

 Turnix pugnax. It forms a connecting-link between the two Indian 

 races known as Turnix plumbipes and Turnix taigoor. These three 

 races differ in typical examples as follows : — 



General colour of the upper I , , . 

 parts m-ey. I P''""^P^- ) Ground-colour of the underparts 



C buff, slightly paler on the breast 



I and slightly darker on the 



„,,»., t hlakistoni. flanks. 



General colour of the upper I 



I I Ground-colour of the underparts 



I taigoor ^ huffish white on the breast and 

 ( chestnut below. 



