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Show 1887.] THE FAUNA OF COREA. 581 crassirostris ! The seven remaining are :-Asio otus, Scops sticto-notus, Caprimulgus jotaka, Cecropis japonica, Nemoricola indica, Hamatopus osculans, and Totanus glottis. It may be well to note that David and Oustalet, in their well-known ' Oiseaux de la Chine,' mention a few species as also from Corea; and Dr. O. Finsch, in a paper which bears the title ' Ueber eine Vogelsammlung aus den Kiistenlandern der chinesisch-japanischen Meere" (Verh. k.-k. zool.-bot. Gesell. Wien, xxii. pp. 253-272), mentions the three following species from Corea :-Scops japonicus, Anthus pratensis, and Phalaropus cinereus. W e have therefore good reason to believe that the following " Notes " will not prove devoid of interest. MAMMALIA. 1. CROCIDURA LASIURA, Dobson. a. 2 • Fusan, August 5th, 1880. A young specimen with teeth partially descended. It was kindly determined for us by Mr. Dobson, to whom it was sent. The type of this species, also from Corea, is in the Imperial Zoological Museum at St. Petersburg. AVES. 1. ACCIP1TER N1SOIDES, Blyth. Accipiter nisoides, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi. p. 727 (1847), Malacca. Astur (Nisus) gularis, Temm. et Schl. Faun. Jap., Aves, p. 5, tab. 2(18.^0). Accipiter stevensoni, Gurn. Ibis, 1863, p. 447, pi. 11 (China). Accipiter virgatus, partim, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M . i. p. 151 (1873) ; David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 26 (1877). a. Olga Bay, September 1879. Mr. Gurney, who has kindly examined this specimen for us, thinks it is a young female of the above-named species. 2. Asio ACCIPITRINUS (Pall.). Asio accipitrinus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M . ii. p. 234 (1875). Otus brachyotus, David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 41 (1877). a. Vladivostok, October 1879. b. Possiette Bay, October 1879. Both specimens are rather dark in the ground-colour of the underparts. 3. ALCEDO BENGALENSIS, Gm. Alcedo bengalensis, Sharpe, Monogr. Alced. pl. 2 (1868) ; David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 74 (1877). a, b. Olga Bay, September 1879. c, d, e,f. Gensan, 16th August, 1880. The Corean specimens are young birds with exceedingly short bills. |
