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Show 602 MR. R. SWINHOE ON ASIATIC BIRDS. [June 23, 14. REGULUS JAPONICUS, Bp. " Nos. 20, 21, & 23. Tits or Honey-suckers ; 21 and 22, females, 23, male. Japan Sea and Straits of Corea. 9th April, 1865." The special labels are wanting ; so one does not know to which individuals the numbers refer. All three have pale yellow crests, and look to be females. 15. TROGLODYTES FUMIGATUS, Temm. & Schleg. F.J. There is unfortunately no label. 16. FRINGILLA MONTIFRINGILLA, L. " No 27- A male caught on the coast of Corea, N. lat. 34° 40', E. long. 130°, 10th April; died 7th May, as we advanced south towards Hongkong, in N. lat. 27°. "No. 28. Mountain-finch, male. Eye brown-black; iris dark grey. This bird was also kept in a cage, same as No. 27. Caught on east coast of Japan, N. lat. 39°, E. long. 142°, 7th November, 1864." 17. EOPHONA MELANURA (Gmel.). "No. 26. Male. Shot, Woosung River, near Shanghai, China, 2nd May, 1865." 18. CYANOPICA CYANA (Pall.). "No. 25. Male. Woosung Biver, near Shanghai, China. Crop full of rice. 3rd May, 1865." 19. GARRULUS BRANDTII, Eversm. "Female. Hakodadi, 4th November, 1865." 20. TURTUR GELASTES, Temm. & Schleg. F. J. "No. 46. Male. Iris orange. N. lat. 33°, E. long. 127° 30'. 30th October, 1866." "No. 56. Female. Nagasaki, 21st February, 1867." 21. COTURNIX DACTYLISONANS, Temm. " No. 47. Male. Iris yellowish brown. N. lat. 33°, E. long. 127° 30'. 30th October, 1866. "No. 48. Female. Caught the day after No. 47. Numbers of these birds are met with every year during the latter end of September and all October, making their way to the south." The male has the black mark still showing on the throat. The female has a white throat. 22. COTURNIX JAPONICUS (T. & S. F. J.). " No. 44. Iris hazel. Very fat when taken. Janan Sea. N. lat. 41°, E. long. 139°. 26th September, 1866." The throat red, with no black mark. |
