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18. Picos MAJOR, Lmnasus. 
Picus major, Linn., Syst. Nat. i. p. 176. (1766.) 
Gould, B. of Eur. iii., pi. 229. 
Very fine specimens, all of which differ from European specimens of this 
species in having the shorter quills fully spotted with white like the others. In 
other respects they are identical. 
" Frequent in the woods near Hakodadi, solitary." (Dr. Henderson.) 
This species was first obtained in Japan by Mr. William Heine, of the U. S 
Expedition to Japan under Com. Perry. 
19. SiTTA siBiRiCA, Pallas. 
Sitta europaea, var. sibirica, Pallas, Zoog. Ross. Asiat. i. p. 547. (1814.) 
Sitta uralensis, Gloger, Handb. Vog. Eur., p. 578. (1834.) 
" Sitta uralensis, Licht." Gloger ut supra. 
Sitta asiatica, Temm. 
" Sitta europaea, Linn, nec Auct.," Bonap. Consp. Av. p. 226. 
Sitta roseilia, Bonap., Consp. Av. p. 227 ? 
Gould, B. of Eur. iii. pi. 236. 
A single specimen in the collection of Dr. Henderson appears to be the first 
ever obtained in Japan, and is very probably the same species inserted in their 
catalogue by Messrs. Temminck and Schlegel, (Faun. Jap. Aves, p. 138), on 
the faith of a Japanese drawing. This bird cannot be distinguished from speci- 
mens labelled " Sitta uralensis^^^ in the Museum of this Academy, purporting to 
be from the north of Europe, and seems to be the same as represented in the 
figures cited above. 
On the trunks of coniferous trees forming groves behind the town of Hako- 
dadi, having apparently the habits of the common Nuthatch of the United 
States, and emitting a low chirp at intervals. One pair only came under my 
notice." (Dr. Henderson). 
20. Sqtiatarola helvetica, (Linnaeus). 
Tringa helvetica. Linn., Syst. Nat. i. p. 250, (1766). 
Wilson, Am, Orn. vi. pi. 57, fig. 4. 
Abundant in the grass, a short distance from the shores of the bay at Hako- 
dadi." (Dr. Henderson). 
21. Charadrius orientalis, Temm. and Schleg. 
Charadrius pluvialis orientalis, Temm. and Schleg., Faun. Jap. Aves, p. 
104, pi. 62. 
•- Along the shores of a salt-water creek at Hakodadi." 
22. Charadrius morinellus, Linnaeus. 
Charadrius morinellus. Linn., Syst. Nat. i. p. 254, (1766). 
Gould, B. of Eur , iv., pi. 295. 
Another addition to the Japanese fauna, by Dr. Henderson, who states the 
locality the same as the preceding. Not to be distinguished from European 
specimens. 
23. ScoLOPAX solitaria, Hodgson. 
Scolopax solitaria, Hodgson, Proc. Zool. Soc, London, 1836, p. 8, 
Temm. and Schleg., Faun. Jap. Aves, pi. 68. 
" In marshj^ grounds, near Hakodadi, solitary." (Dr. Henderson), 
24. TOTANUS BREVIPES, Vicillot. 
Totanus brevipes, Vieill., Nouv. Diet, vi., p. 419, (1816). 
Totanus pulverulentus, Mtiller Verhandl., p. 153, (1844). 
Totanus oceanicus. Lesson, Comp., Buff., p. 244, (1847). 
Temm. and Schleg., Faun. Jap. Aves, pi. 65, 
Hakodadi. 
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