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Show 580 PROF. GIGLIOLI AND COUNT T. SALVAUORI ON [Dec. 6, 1. Brief Notes on the Fauna of Corea and the adjoining coast of Manchuria. By H E N R Y H. GIGLIOLI, C.M.Z.S., and T H O M A S SALVADORI, C.M.Z.S. [Eeceived August 16, 1887.] (Plate HI.) The specimens which are the subject of the following " Notes " form part of a large collection, principally of Vertebrates, made by order of H.R.H. Prince Thomas of Savoy, Duke of Genoa, whilst he was in command of the ' Vettor Pisani,' on a voyage round the World, 1878-81 ; the entire collection is now deposited in the Royal Zoological Museum at Florence. Corea, or Cho-sen as the Japanese have it, is yet very much a "terra incognita," and more especially so as regards its fauna. The Italian corvette ' Vettor Pisani' visited only three localities on the eastern sea-board of Corea-Fusan to the south, from the 1st to the 7th of August, 1880 ; Port Lazareff in Broughton's Bay, on August the 9th, staying three days ; and Gensan, between the loth and the 18th of the same month. Fusan was again visited in February 1881. Three very interesting localities on the adjoining coast of Manchuria were also visited and collections made ; these localities were :- Possiette Bay, called also Port Bruce, on the border between Corea and Manchuria; Vladivostok, slightly further to the north, near the Albert peninsula; and Olga Bay, still more northwards. At Olga Bay the 'Vettor Pisani' remained from the 24th of August to the 22nd of September, 1879 ; at Vladivostok from the 23rd of September to the llth of October following ; and at Possiette Bay between the 12th and the 25th of October the same year. It was in this locality that the most important zoological capture was made, viz. that of two specimens of the scarcely known Cygnus davidi. The collections made at the above-named localities consist of:-1 Mammal; 96 Birds, belonging to 47 species ; 7 Reptiles, representing 3 species; 2 Amphibia, 1 species; and 7 Fishes, belonging to 4 species. A glance at the species in the five classes of Vertebrata shows with undeniable evidence the very close affinity existing between the Corean and the Japanese faunas, a coincidence which was fully to be expected. Two years ago, Canon Tristram described a small collection of birds made in Corea by Lieut. G. Gunn, R.N.1; there were eight specimens of eight well-known species, but, as our learned friend observes, " as absolutely nothing is known of the avifauna of Korea, I have thought it might not be without interest to give a list of what Lieut. Gunn has procured." It is worth remarking that only one of the eight species in that list is represented in the collection made by the ' Vettor Pisani,' and that is Larus 1 H. B. Tristram, "On a small Collection of Birds from Korea," in ' Ibis ' 1885, p. 194. |