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Show 1887.] THE FAUNA OF COREA. 533 Emberiza ciopsis, Swinh. (nee Bp.) P. Z. S. 1863, p. 300 (South China); id. ibid. 1871, p. 388. Emberiza gigliolii, Swinh. Ibis, 1867, p. 393 (Amoy in winter). Emberiza cioides, subsp. gigliolii, Seebohm, Ibis, 1879, p. 38 (China). Two specimens. a. 3 1 Fusan (Corea), 5th August, 1880. h. 2 ? Fusan, 3rd August, 1880. The second specimen is a young bird, the first an adult with feathers much worn ; the latter compared with two fine specimens of E. cioides, Brandt, from Krasnoyarsk (Central Siberia), differs in its notably smaller dimensions and also in having the chestnut band across the chest less distinct. Mr. Seebohm, who has (/. c.) clearly indicated the difference in size of the two forms, writes to us that the type of Emberiza castaneiceps, Moore, in the British Museum, is identical with the type of E. gigliolii, Swinh., in his own collection. 9. EMBERIZA FUSCATA, Pall. Emberiza fuscata, Pall. Itin. iii. App. 698. no. 22 (1776); id. Zoogr. Rosso-As. tab. xlvi. (1811). Emberiza fucata (sic), Pall. Zoogr. Rosso-As. ii. p. 41 (1811) ; Temm. et Schleg. Faun. Jap., Aves, p. 96, tab. 57 (1850); David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 325 (1877). a. 3 1 Fusan, August 2nd, 1880. b. 3 1 Fusan, August 4th, 1880. Both are perfectly adult birds. Evidently the specific name must be spelt fuscata, as it was originally written by Pallas; and not fucata, which is a misprint and a word devoid of sense. 10. CORVUS JAPONENSIS, Bp. Corvus macrorhynchus, Schleg. (nee Wagl.), Faun. Jap., Aves, p. 79, tab. 39 B (1850). Corone japonensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M . iii. p. 41 (1877). a. Olga Bay, September 1879. Our specimen is moulting, with feathers incompletely developed, perhaps a young bird. It is similar to a specimen shot at Ajiro (Japan) in July 1866, by one of us during the voyage of the 'Magenta,' and now in the Turin Museum, but has a rather shorter bill; this may, however, be owing to difference in age or sex. It happens to be intermediate between the last-mentioned specimen and one of C. sinensis, Gould, from Pekin, also in the Turin Museum. It is not improbable that the Olga Bay specimen may belong to a distinct species, for, if in our specimen the rectrices are fully developed, the tail of the Olga Bay bird is much more rounded than that of C. sinensis. Both C. japonensis and C. sinensis have the basal portion of the feathers grey, whilst they are white in C. macrorhynchus, C. validus, and C. enca. |
