. The birds of the Japanese Empire. Birds -- Japan. 315 Stcller ill the Kurile Islands (Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. ii. p. 168). It appears to be a resident on the eoasts of Southern Japan and a summer visitor to Yczzo. There are no examples in the Swinhoe. Kumem'us arqucdus. collection from Hakodadi; but there are six in the Pryer collection from Yokohama. I have also an example obtained by Mr. Owston in the Yokohama market in April; and it has been recorded from the Loo-Choo Islands (Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1862, p. 3,21). The range of the Curlew extends from the Brit
. The birds of the Japanese Empire. Birds -- Japan. 315 Stcller ill the Kurile Islands (Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. ii. p. 168). It appears to be a resident on the eoasts of Southern Japan and a summer visitor to Yczzo. There are no examples in the Swinhoe. Kumem'us arqucdus. collection from Hakodadi; but there are six in the Pryer collection from Yokohama. I have also an example obtained by Mr. Owston in the Yokohama market in April; and it has been recorded from the Loo-Choo Islands (Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1862, p. 3,21). The range of the Curlew extends from the British Islands across Europe and Southern Siberia to Japan, but, as already explained, eastern examples differ slightly from western ones. 316. NUMENIUS CYANOPUS. (AUSTRALIAN CURLEW.) Numenius cyanopus, Vieillot, N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. viii. p. 306 (1817). The Australian Curlew is a large bird (tarsus more than three. 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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