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the Birds of Japan. 
t-117. Numenius PHiEOPus (Lath.). Ko-shaku-shigi.^^ 
Not uncommon. This is the N. tahitiensis of Perry^s Expe¬ 
dition. (Swinhoe, Ibis^ 1877, p. 146.) 
Yezo, Tokio, Yokohama. 
118. Ibis Nippon, T. & S. Toki.^’ 
Common on the flats around the head of Tokio Bay. Breeds 
in Yezo. (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1875, p. 455.) 
119. Ibis PROPiNQUA, Swinh. Kuro-toki."^ 
Not uncommon about Omou, Tokio. No specimen yet sent 
for comparison. 
120 . Platalea major, T. & S. Hera-sagi.'’'’ 
Rather scarce. (Whitely, Ibis, 1867, p. 204.) 
Hakodadi, Tokio. 
121. Platalea minor, T. & S. Ho-hera-sagi.^^ 
Figured in the ^ Fauna Japonica.^ 
122. Nycticorax GRisEus (Linn.). ^^Seguro-goi’^ (Young 
Goisagi). 
Ardea nycticorax^ F. J. 
Generally distributed in South Japan. Eggs and young 
obtained from a Heronry below Kotchi Castle, Tosa, in July. 
Nest placed on the highest branches of tall trees. No spe¬ 
cimens from Yezo. (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1877, p. 147.) 
Tokio, Yokohama, Yamato, Tosa. 
123. Goisachius melanolophus (Raffles). Miso-goi.^^ 
Ardea goisagi^ F. J. 
One specimen, obtained from Yokoska, Tokio Bay. 
124. Botaurus sTELLARis (L.). Sankanogoi.^^ 
Observed about Tokio. Common in Yezo. (Swinhoe, Ibis, 
1875, p. 455.) 
125. Ardetta eurhythma, Swinh. Yoshi-goi.^^ 
Specimens obtained in Yezo. (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1876, p. 335.) 
126. Ardetta, sp. inc. 
Specimens obtained in Yezo—perhaps Ardea scapularis of 
the ^ Fauna-Japonica ^ list. 
-hl27. Ardea ciNEREA, L. Ao-sagi.'’^ 
Occasionally seen about Tokio; specimens obtained in 
Yezo. (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1876, p. 335.) 
