144 Mr. R. Swinboe on Birds from Hakodadi. 
Bill from 
Length. Wing. Tail. front. Tarsus, 
millim. millim. millim. ' millim. rnillim. 
Lamprolia minor ...... 117 62 41 12 19 
Lamprolici Victoria . 140 83 45* 13 23 
Turin, Zoological Museum, Nov. 2nd, 1876. 
XII.— On the Contents of a fourth Box of Birds from Hakodadi , 
in Northern Japan. By R. Swinhoe, F.R.S. 
I have now to report upon a fourth box of birds received 
from Mr. T. W. Blakiston, of Hakodadi, North Japan, con¬ 
taining thirty-four specimens, together with additional notes, 
dated 30th June, 1876. I will continue my numbers, as 
before, from where I last left off (Ibis, 1876, p. 335). The 
last number noted was 142 ; but as no. 135, Uragus sibiricus, 
was wrongly identified, as appears from the present series, 
we must erase it, and commence by repeating the last number. 
142. Circus spilonotus, Kaup. 
A male, in immature plumage, marked “ Awomori (North 
Japan), 18th April, 1876, 21 i x 17." 
A female Merlin ( Falco cesalon), from Yedo, is also sent. 
Mr. Blakiston speaks of having some Owls, and asks if Whitely 
was right in giving Syrnium rufescens, T. & S., from Hakodadi. 
Whitely^s specimens were without doubt correctly identified. 
There is a specimen of Bipastes agilis, Sykes, which was 
procured at Yokohama, and one of Oreocincla aurea, from 
the same locality, with the remark “ very common in the 
market of Yokohama in winter.’'’ Mr. Blakiston also asks 
“ Hoes Muscicapa gularis exist as a species, or are birds so 
called only females ( Cyanoptila cyanomelcena) ?” There is no 
doubt in my mind that the former name has been applied to 
the female of the latter species (see P. Z. S. 1871, p. 380). 
A Japanese Jay, sent from Yokohama, is Garrulus ja- 
ponicus, Bp. This species does not seem to occur at Hako¬ 
dadi, where its place appears to be taken by G. brandti. 
* l)r. Finsch gives only 38-40 millims. for the length of the tail. 
