442 Mr. II. Swinhoe on the Ornithology of Northern Japan. 
lensis has been observed westward of Nepal; and to the eastward 
of that province the P. erythrocephala would seem to be un¬ 
common. 
The species of true Pyrrhula, at the present known to me, 
are accordingly the following:—- 
1. P. nipalensis, Hodgson, As. Res. xix. p. 155; Gould’s 
Birds of Asia, pt. v. 
Hab. Nepal, Sikhim, Bootan. 
2. P. erithacus, Blyth. (Plate X.) 
Hab. Mountains on the borders of Nepal and Sikhim. 
3. P. erythrocephala, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 174; 
Gould’s Century, pi. 32; Birds of Asia, pt. v. 
Hab. W. Himalaya., Nepal; rare in Sikhim and Bootan. 
4. P. aurantiaca, Gould, P.Z.S. 1857, p. 222; Birds of 
Asia, pt. 10. 
Hab. Kashmir. 
5. P. griseiyentris, Lafresnaye, Rev. Zool. 1841, p. 241; 
P. orientalis , Schlegel, Paun. Jap. Ois. pi. 53; Gould’s Birds 
of Asia, pt. v. 
Hab. Japan. 
6. P. coccinea, De Selys; P. major , Brehm; Loxia pyr- 
rhula } Linn. 
Hab. Europe (not the British Islands); Azores. 
7. P. vulgaris, Ray, Gould’s Birds of Europe, pi. 209. 
Hab. Europe (inclusive of the British Islands), but not Scan¬ 
dinavia ? 
XXXV .—-Notes on the Ornithology of Northern Japan. 
By Robert Swtnhoe, E.Z.S. 
A casual notice in s The Ibis’ (1859, p. 205) of two new species 
of Lusciniopsis, described by Mr. Cassin in the ‘ Proceedings of 
the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia’ for 1858, 
pp. 191-196, has recently led me carefully to peruse the article 
there referred to. As the avifauna of Japan necessarily lies 
within the scope of the ornithology of Eastern Asia, to which I 
particularly devote my attention, I would solicit permission to 
