226 
Messrs. Blakiston and Pryer on 
145. Otis tarda, L. ^^Nogan.’^ 
A specimen weighing ISJ lb. is reported to have been killed 
near Hiogo in December 1876. It is well known to the 
Japanese. The native ornithologists class it with the Geese. 
‘tT46. Phasianus versicolor, Vieill. Kiji."” 
General throughout Japan as far north as the straits sepa¬ 
rating the main island from Yezo. To be seen wild in the 
heart of Tokio. Neither this nor the following species are 
found in Yezo. It readily interbreeds with the Chinese 
P. torquatuSy the hybrid being a remarkably fine bird, and 
its plumage in the male surpassing in beauty that of either 
of its parents. A female in male plumage was obtained by 
Mr. Dare in November 1877. 
Tokio, Yokohama, Oyama, Fujisan, Yamato, Nambu. 
“j-147. Phasianus scemmerringi, T. Yamadori.^^ 
Some specimens are much darker than others. It frequents 
the plains and the highest parts of the mountains indifferently. 
The natives have succeeded in breeding in captivity hybrids 
of this and the preceding species. Of the pair which we 
have seen, the female is very large, the male small but of 
the most gorgeous plumage, defying description. In both 
the tail of P. versicolor is present; and the hen, except for her 
size, has little to distinguish her from that species. 
Tokio, Yokohama, Oyama, Fujisan, Yamato. 
148. Tetrastes BONASiA (L.). Yezo-raicho.^^ 
. This has not yet been obtained on the main island. It 
is known in Yezo as the Yamadori,^^ which name properly 
belongs to P. scemmerringi. 
149. Lagopus mutus, Gould. Raicho.^^ 
Some specimens from Kaga are in the collection of the 
Yamashita Hakuraukai; it is also said to be found in Ota- 
kisan, on the borders of Shinshin. 
150. CoTURNix JAPONICA, T. & S. Udzura.^^ 
Breeds on the shores of Yamanaka Lake, Fujisan. Occa¬ 
sionally winters in Yezo; is common there during summer. 
(Swinhoe, Ibis, 1875, p. 452, 1877, p. 145.) 
Yezo, Tokio, Yohohama, Fujisan, Oyama. 
