arvensis_ sub-sp. _japonica._
15. Common hawfinch _Coccothraustes vulgaris._
16. Common Crossbill _Loxia curvirostra._
17. Siskin _Fringilla spinus._
18. Mealy redpole ,, _linaria._
19. Brambling ,, _montifringilla._
20. Tree sparrow _Passer montanus._
21. Reed bunting _Emberiza schoeniculus_ sub-sp.
_palustris._
22. Rustic bunting ,, _rustica._
23. Snow bunting ,, _nivalis._
24. Chimney swallow _Hirundo rustica_ sub-sp. _gutturalis._
25. Sand martin _Cotyle riparia._
26. Great spotted woodpecker _Picus major_ sub-sp. _japonicus._
27. Lesser spotted woodpecker ,, _minor._
28. Wryneck _Jynx torquilla._
29. Hoopoe _Upupa epops._
30. Blue rock pigeon _Columba livia._
31. Cuckoo _Cuculus canorus._
32. Kingfisher _Alcedo ispida_ sub-sp. _bengalensis._
33. Eagle owl _Bubo maximus._
34. Snowy owl _Surnia nyctea._
35. Long-eared owl _Strix otus._
36. Short-eared owl ,, _brachyotus._
37. Scops owl _Scops scops._
38. Jer falcon _Falco gyrfalco._
39. Peregrine falcon ,, _peregrinus._
40. Hobby ,, _subbuteo._
41. Merlin _Falco aesalon._
42. Kestrel _Tinnunculus alaudarius_ sub-sp.
_japonicus._
43. Osprey _Pandion haliaectus._
44. Honey-buzzard _Pernis apivorus._
45. White-tailed eagle _Haliaeetus albicilla._
46. Golden eagle _Aquila chrysaeetus._
47. Common buzzard _Buteo vulgaris_ sub-sp. _plumipes._
48. Hen-harrier _Circus cyaneus._
49. Marsh-harrier ,, _aeruginosus._
50. Gos-hawk _Astur palumbarius._
51. Sparrow-hawk _Accipiter nisus._
52. Ptarmigan _Tetrao mutus._
53. Common quail _Coturnix communis._

But even these fifty-three species by no means fairly represent the amount
of _resemblance_ between Britain and {398} Japan as regards birds; for
there are also thrushes, robins, stonechats, wrens, hedge-sparrows,
sedge-warblers