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coloured streaks in the middle of the feathers of the head, back, 
and wing-coverts. The young are subject to as great variations 
in the general colour of the plumage as those of T. cardis, —my 
two specimens, which are both young males, differing, if any¬ 
thing, rather more than the two young given in pi. 29 of the 
‘ Fauna Japonica/ 
P. 321. For Parus rubidus read Parus varius. 
P. 322. Sitta roseilia agrees exactly with a specimen in the 
possession of Mr. Gould, from Archangel, which he considers to 
be S. uralensis , Licht. 
P. 327. On comparison with specimens in Mr. Swinhoe’s col¬ 
lection, the Finch inserted as Ligurinus sinicus turns out to be 
the larger of the two species, namely Ligurinus kawarahiba , 
figured in pi. 48 of the f Fauna Japonica/ 
P. 328. Among the Buntings, one was left blank in my paper. 
I now propose to fill this space with the name Emberiza minor , 
as the specimen—an adult male, shot by myself, in long grass, 
near Hakodadi, on the island of Yesso, on the 3rd of September, 
1861—seems referable, according to Mr. Swinhoe, to the Em¬ 
beriza schceniclus minor noted by Middendorff, Sib. Beise, p. 144. 
Owing to its plumage being much worn, the following unscien¬ 
tific description is all I can give of it:—Length 5*7 in.; wing 
23 in. Bill rather elongated, and sharp at the point, of a dark 
horn-colour ; eye brown; ‘feet, when fresh, reddish brown; 
entire head and throat very dark brown—nearly black; back 
portion and sides of the neck grey, tinged with chestnut; back 
and wing-coverts mixed grey, dark brown, and bay; wing- 
feathers dull brown, having the inner edges white, except 
towards the ends of the primaries; tail somewhat rounded, of a 
dark brown, with nearly half the outer pair of feathers white, 
and a small longitudinal mark at the end of the second pair. 
The primaries are nearly of one length, the second, third, and 
fourth being rather the longest, but they reach little beyond the 
secondaries. Whole under parts light brownish grey, below the 
black throat, which reaches three-quarters of an inch from the 
bill. 
P. 329. Turtur rupicola should have been in italics, as I did 
not preserve a specimen of it. 
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