the Birds of Japan. 
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136. Grus MONACHUs^ T. Nabetsuru.^^ 
Not uncommon. 
Tokio. 
137. Grus^ sp. inc. Mana-tsum.^^ 
This is the most abundant Crane^ and is a choice game¬ 
bird with the natives. Body lead-colour; neck white, ex¬ 
tending down to between the shoulders; length about 50 
inches, wing 23 ; legs red; wing-plumes white*. 
Tokio, Toriyama, Yezo. 
138. Khynch^a BENGALENSis (L.). Tama-shigi.^^ 
Rhynchcea maderaspatana^ F. J. 
Breeds on Fujisan ; nest made of a few water-plants scraped 
together. Eggs of a dark olive-brown, blotched with black, 
and resemble the Sniper’s. Not*found in Yezo. (Swinhoe, 
Ibis, 1877, p. 146.) 
Fujisan, Tokio, Yokohama. 
139. Eallus indices, Blyth. Kuina.'’^ 
Rallus aquaticusy F. J. 
A very common bird on banks of streams and ponds. 
Migratory in Yezo. Breeds about Yokohama. (Swinhoe, Ibis, 
1874, p. 163.) 
' Yezo, Tokio, Yokohama, Oyama in Legami. 
140. PoRZANA PYGMiEA, Naum. Himi-kuina.^^ 
One specimen, obtained in Yezo ; not compared. 
141. PoRZANA ERYTHROTHORAX, T. & S. Hi-kuina.^’ 
Common both on the main island and Yezo. (Blakiston, 
Ibis, 1862, p. 331; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1874, p. 163.) 
142. PoRZANA EXQUisiTA, Swinh. Shima-kuina.^^ 
Yezo. (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1876, p. 335.) 
143. Gallinula chloropus, L. Ban.^^ 
Rather common about Tokio, and also in Yezo. Specimens 
compared with European examples. 
Yezo, Tokio, Yokohama. 
n^l44. Fulica atra, L. 0-ban.^^ 
Common on the large rivers north of Tokio. 
* [Is not this Gri(s monachus ?—Edd.] 
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