. The birds of the Japanese Empire. Birds -- Japan. 368 OALLINiK. Figures : Gould, Birds of Great Britain, v. pi. 42 ; Dresser, Birds of Europe, viii. pi. 633. The Little Grehe is a common summer visitor to Yezzo, and a still eommouer resident in the more southerly Japanese Islands; but the first authentie oceurrence of this speeies in Japan was that of an example obtained in September by Captain Blakiston in South Yezzo (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1875, p. 456). There are 12 examples in all stages of plumage in the Pryer eolleetion from Yokohama ; and Mr. Ringer has procured it at Nagasaki (Blakiston, Am
. The birds of the Japanese Empire. Birds -- Japan. 368 OALLINiK. Figures : Gould, Birds of Great Britain, v. pi. 42 ; Dresser, Birds of Europe, viii. pi. 633. The Little Grehe is a common summer visitor to Yezzo, and a still eommouer resident in the more southerly Japanese Islands; but the first authentie oceurrence of this speeies in Japan was that of an example obtained in September by Captain Blakiston in South Yezzo (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1875, p. 456). There are 12 examples in all stages of plumage in the Pryer eolleetion from Yokohama ; and Mr. Ringer has procured it at Nagasaki (Blakiston, Amended List of the Birds of Japan, p. 32). The Little Grebe breeds in all the temperate and subtropical parts of the Old World, from the British Islands to Japan, and from South Africa to the Malay Archipelago and Australia, with the exception of Siberia and Mongolia. Suborder XXXI. GALLING. Palate schizognathous; basipterygoid processes articulating with the pterygoids as far from the quadrates as possible; episterual pro- cess perforated to receive the feet of the coracoids; nasals Front portion ofstcniimi of ( 11 cnnmrula, (.">) n{ Laphuphorus imprrinnus, {(\) of Mrifopiidiun ruhripr*.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Seebohm, Henry, 1832-1895. London, R. H. Porter
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