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Hirundo rustica gutturalis (Scopoli). Eastern Chimney Swallow. 
Clark, p. 69. Hartert, p. 803. 
A few of these swallows were seen about Hakodate. At Onuma lake, 
near the city, one evening, two pairs of these birds were watched as they 
gathered nesting material from the ground before the hotel. In actions 
and voice they were almost exactly the counterpart of our American Barn 
Swallows. No swallows were seen in Kamchatka. 
6 Hakodate, Japan. May 25 
Very like our Barn Swallow. The most obvious difference is the nearly white underbody and 
the continuous black band across the chest. 
Lanius eristatus cristatus Linnaeus. Red Shrike. Hartert, p. 446. 
This little shrike was fairly common in the vicinity of Hakodate. A 
pair were seen presumably feeding young at Onuma lake, June 8. At 
Petropavlovsk two pairs were found, both inhabiting the birch woods 
flanking a stream in a nearby valley. This bird was an accomplished 
skulker, with all the cleverness of a Yellow-breasted Chat. Indeed, in its 
sly habits and yellowish coat, it was somewhat remindful of a chat or 
perhaps a huge Maryland Yellow-throat. Its scolding chatter could be 
heard a hundred times for every time its author could be seen. On July 
22 “after a considerable expenditure of time and patience and a good deal 
of owl-calling and squeaking one of these scolding fellows was induced to 
come within range. But efforts to avoid mutilating him gave him a 
chance to escape, after which he refused to come within range, but continued 
scolding distantly. A nest seemed the explanation and a hunt about the 
birch clump disclosed two young just from the nest. Further search 
disclosed three small, mutilated reddish voles impaled on dead twigs. 
The heads of the victims were missing in two cases, and in the third, a 
very fresh specimen, only the base of the skull had been torn away.” 
The place was visited again later without result, but on July 29 
another pair with fledged young was found and the female secured. 
6 juv, Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka. July 22 
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Motacilla lugens Kittlitz, Black-backed Kamchatkan Wagtail 
Clark, p. 70. Stejneger, p. 287. Brooks, p. 402. 
Motacilla alba lugens Kittlitz. Hartert, p. 308. 
On April 30, as the Thiepval lay at anchor in Kashawabara bay, 
Paramushir island, one of these black and white chaps flitted by the ship. 
Next day, ashore, a dozen were seen and four secured. They were haunting 
the deserted buildings at the now idle crab cannery. On May 7, four or 
five pairs were seen at Hitokappu village. Two were seen distantly at 
Broughton bay, Shimishur island, July 13 ; and on arrival at Petropavlovsk, 
July 16, it was found that the young already were fledged and on the wing. 
The species was seen daily at Petropavlovsk. It was a bird of the open 
shore, not of the woods, and it was never seen inland. 
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