224 
Messrs, Blakiston and Pryer on 
128. Egretta modesta, Gray. 0-sagi.^^ 
Ardea alba, F. J. 
Arrives at Tokio in April; common. Specimens from Yezo. 
(Swinkoe^ Ibis^ 1876_, p. 335.) 
129. Egretta intermedia, Hasselq. Chiu-sagi.^^ 
Ardea egrettoides, F. J. 
Specimens agree with A, egrettoides, figured in the Fauna 
Japonica.^ 
Yezo. 
130. Egretta garzetta (Linn.) ? Shirasagi.^^ 
Ardea garzetta, F. J. ? 
A very common bird in South Japan; one specimen ob¬ 
tained in Yezo. Breeds in company with Nycticorax griseus. 
Tokio, Yokohama, Shikoku. 
131. Egretta RUSSATA, Wagl. Ama-sagi.’^ 
Seems to be rather abundant in the south; not yet ob¬ 
tained in Yezo. 
132. CicoNiA BOYCiANA, Swinh. Ko-tsuro.^^ 
Occasionally obtained about Tokio, and is to be seen sailing 
on its immense spread of wings over the Susaki fiats. 
Tokio. 
133. Grus cinerea, Linn. 
Grus cinerea longirostris, T. & S. 
Figured in the Fauna Japonica.^ 
134. Grus leucogeranus, Pall. 
Also figured in the ^ Fauna Japonica.^ 
135. Grus leucauchen, T. ^^Tancho.^^ 
The national Crane of Japan. This beautiful bird used 
to be rather common, but, now that it is permitted to become 
the prey of any one, has been almost exterminated. It 
was formerly allowed to be hawked, with great ceremony, only 
by nobles of the highest rank. This is the Crane so com¬ 
monly figured in native drawings, and is much and deservedly 
admired. It is a bird of passage. 
