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the Birds of Japan. 
218. Motacilla melanope^ Pall. Kisekiri.^^ 
Motacilla hoarula, F. J. 
Breeds on Fujisan and Tokio in tke thatch of houses. Eggs 
of a dirty white_, spotted with greyish brown. (Swinhoe, Ibis^ 
1874, p. 154) 
Oyama, Tokio, Yokohama, Fujisan, Yezo, Yamato, Na¬ 
gasaki. 
219. Calamodyta maackii, Schrenck. 
A specimen obtained in Yezo, identified by Mr. Swinhoe 
(Ibis, 1874, p. 154). 
220. Calamodyta insularis. Wall. 
Obtained in Yezo, identified by Mr. Swinhoe (Ibis, 1876, 
p. 332). 
221. Calamoherpe orientalis, T. & S. 0-yoshi.^^ 
Salicaria turdina orientalis, F. J. 
To be found wherever reeds grow, also on the plains about 
Fujisan. Male very vociferous, singing in the moonlight. 
Arrives at Tokio at the end of April, generally in very worn 
plumage. Common at Yezo. (Blakiston. Ibis, 1862, p. 317 ; 
Swinhoe, Ibis, 1874, p. 153.) 
Fujisan, Tokio, Yokohama, Kawasaki, Yezo. 
222. Herbivox cantillans? T. & S. Ko-yoshi.^^ 
In habits and song a miniature counterpart of the pre¬ 
ceding species, but prefers long, dry, grassy mountain-slopes 
on the mainland; also obtained in Yezo. Specimens seem 
to agree with the ^ Fauna-Japonica ^ plate. 
Fujisan, Yamato, Yezo. 
223. Herbivox cantans, T. & S. Uguisu/^ 
This bird is the Japanese Nightingale j it does not migrate. 
Song not very extensive, but has a few sweet notes. It is a 
common cage-bird, high prices being given for a good songster. 
Commences to sing about Tokio on the 22nd March. Heard 
in Yezo in summer, but no specimens yet obtained in that 
island. 
Tokio, Yokohama, Fujisan, Oyama, Yezo. 
