502 NA G AMICHI KURODA : 



22. JEx galericulata (L ). 

 Oshidori. 



Ingram, Ibi?, 1909, p. 459; Aix galericulata (L.), Tacz., P. Z. S., 1888, p. 640; 

 Attas galericulata, Campbell, Ibis, 1892, p. 345. 



A female with a large white patch at base of bill was purchesed 

 at Fusan. It was collected at Shintokuri, S. Keishô Distr., Jan. 9, 

 191 7. An adult female was shot at Köryö, Keiki Distr., Apr. 23. 

 have a male specimen from Hëkô, Kögen Distr., end of Dec, 191 5. 



23 JPscudotadoma l> cristata Kuroda. 

 Kammuri-tsukushi-gamo. 



Tadorna casarca xQuerauedula /a/rata ( ? ), Sclater, P. Z. S., 1890, p. 1. Pl. I; 

 Kuroda, " Sen man Chôrui Ippan," p. 45, 1 91 7 (Coloured plate); id., "Tori," 

 Vol. I, No. 5, 1917, p. 1-3, Fig. I. 



The type specimen is probably an adult bird. It was obtained on 

 the Naktung River near Fusan, Dec. (3 ?), I9i6. 2) 



This interesting sheldrake is easily distinguishable from its allies 

 by a distinct pendent crest, by a white ocular patch and by the upper 

 and the lower surface being dark brown vermiculated with narrow but 

 distinct white lines. The wing pattern is nearly the same as in other 

 sheldrakes, except in the first tertiary being black in basal parts and 



1) This genus was described in the author's papers referred to, as follows: — Edges of 

 upper mandible with moderately prominent lamella; ; indentations of upper mandible incon- 

 spicuous ; colour of bill and feet pale ; culmen not concave, almost straight ; anterior border 

 of loral feathering at base of bill convex ; outer web of tertiaries chestnut ; tail somewhat 

 graduated. 



2) According to Mr. Uchida (" Tori," Vol. II, No. 6, 1918, pp. 6-8), birds of this species 

 seem to have been, some two hundred years ago, imported from Corea into Japan by the 

 hand of bird dealers. It may be that in those times the species was not so rare in Corea 

 as at present. Amusing the Japanese it was known by the name of " Chösen-oshi." In 

 the old Japanese ornithological work " Kanbun-kinpu,'' there stands a description of both 

 male and female of the species. From it, it is plain that the type specimen, from which I 

 have described the species in 1917, is a female. An old drawing of the male (" Tori," 1. c, 

 fig. 2) should be in the possession of Viscount Matsudaira 



