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Messrs. Blakiston and Pryer on 
sake of its supposed medicinal qualities—a paste made of the 
burnt feathers being used as a salve for cuts and wounds^ 
and the bird^ roasted whole or reduced to charcoal_, eaten 
for sore eyes and other disorders. The bird is mentioned 
by Kampfer in his ^ History of Japan ^ under the name of 
Fototenis (vol. i. p. 130). Its praises are frequently sung in 
Japanese poetry j and it is looked upon as the harbinger of 
spring. It derives its native name from its cry resembling 
the syllables ho-to-to-ki-su. 
Tokio^ Kanagawa. Fujisan. 
157. CucuLus, sp. inc. Juichi.^^ 
Not so common as the t^wo former Cuckoos; but it fully 
makes up for this by extra vociferousness and activity. The 
male is fond of perching upon the summit of a tree_, spreading 
its wings and elevating its tail_, and repeating the syllables 
iiu ichi, at first slowly, and then gradually faster and faster, 
until it cannot articulate any longer. It then tumbles off its 
perch, apparently exhausted, and flies to another tree and 
repeats the performance. It is about the size of C. canorus; 
rufous underparts striped longitudinally; back of neck has 
a whitish collar; tail barred with black; probably C, spar-^ 
verioides, Vigors. 
Fujisan, Nikko, Yezo. 
158. CucuLUs, sp. inc. Tsutsudori.^^ 
This seems to be the most uncommon of the four Cuckoos 
found on Fujisan; its note can be heard for a long distance, 
and resembles the slow tolling of a bell twice in succession 
and then a pause. Mr. Fukusi obtained a Cuculus with a 
black throat, which is probably the Tsutsudori.^-’ 
Fujisan, Kanagawa. 
159. Picus MAJOR, L. “ Akagera.^'’ 
Builds on Fujisan, and is the most abundant of the Wood¬ 
peckers everywhere. The Kaitakushi possesses a specimen 
from Yezo which may prove to be P. minors but is in too 
bad condition for identification. 
Tokio, Yokohama, Fujisan, Yezo. 
