THE IBIS. 
FOURTH SERIES. 
No. VII. JULY 1878. 
XYIII .—A Catalogue of the Birds of Japan, 
By T. Blakiston and H. Fryer. 
The compilers have examined and compared all the specimens 
of birds existing in the government museums at Tokio (Yedo)-— 
namely, in the ‘^‘^Yamashita Haknrankai'’'’ of the ^^Naimnsho 
(Home Department), in the ‘^‘^Kiyoikn Hakuhntsukan^^ of the 
^^Momhasho^^ (Education Department), and in the Museum 
of the ^^Kaitakushi^^ (Department for Agriculture)—as well as 
the collections of Mr. N. Fukusi in Yezo, Mr. Ota of Tokio, and 
Drs. Manning, Ahlburg, and Hilgendorf, and Mr. F. Binger 
of Nagasaki. Mr. Ota’s intimate knowledge of the birds of 
his own country has been of much assistance; and the Direc¬ 
tor of the Hakuraukai,’^ Mr. Tanaka, has kindly offered 
access to a collection of drawings by native artists. The 
^ Fauna Japonica,’ Swinhoe’s Revised Catalogue of the Birds 
of China^’ (P. Z. S. 1871, pp. 337-423), Mr. Swinhoe’s various 
contributions to ^The Ibis,’ and Mr. Whitely’s List (Ibis, 1867, 
pp. I93-2II) have been carefully gone over. The arrange¬ 
ment adopted is that of Dr. Carl Claus in his ^ Grundziige der 
Zoologie.’ 
4-1. Alca torda, L. 
Given in the list of the 'Fauna Japonica,’ no figure. 
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