M o n k i e s .
B ir d s ,
J A P A N,
Here are fome monkies, by Kaempfer's defcription, o f the
baboon clafs, and o f the kind I defcribe under the name of the
dog-faced. Hiß. Quad. N“ 103. They are o f a duiky brown, with
naked red faces and buttocks.
A f e w fmall bears are found in the northern provinces.
Foxes are very common. Rats and mice fwarm. T he rats are
taught feveral tricks, and ferve for the amufement of the common
people. The animals called Tanucki, Pulor, Stutz, and Tin,
are unknown to me.
“ Tbunberg to the foregoing catalogue only adds the wolf, an
animal confined to the northern provinces.” E.
T h e birds o f this empire are probably fimilar to thofe which
inhabit the fame Aßatic Latitudes immediately to the weft. I
find here cranes, ArB. Zool. ii. p. 141. and fnowy geefe, N” 477.
and doubtlefsly many others will be difcovered as foon as Docitor
Tbunberg has favored us with his Fauna Japonenßs.
T he Japan peacock, Latbam, ii. 672. Aldrov. av. ii. tab. 33.
34. Jobnßon. av. tab. 23. may be a new fpecies'.
“ Dr. Tbunberg, vol. iv. p. 99. o f the tranflation of his travels,
gives the following unfatisfadtory lift-:
Phaßanus gallus, Latbam, iv. 700.
Corvus corax, raven, Latbam, i. 367. Br. Zool. i. N* 74.
Anas Anfer, wild goofe, Latbam, vi. 459 Br. Zool. ii. N° 266.
Galericulata, Chinefe teal, Latham, vi. 548.
Querq.uedula, .Garganey, Latham, vi. 550. Br. Zool. ii.
N* 289. tab. iox.
Ar dea alba, great white heron, Latbam, v. 91. Br. Zool. ii,
■N* 175-
Ardea
J A P A N , 2 3 9
Ardea major, Common Heron, Latham, v. 8 3 . Br. Zool. ii.
N ' 1 7 3 .
Tetrao- coturnix, quail, Latbam, iv. 7 7 9 . Br. Zool. i. N° 9 7 .
Loxia pyrrbula, bulfinch, Latham, iii. 1 4 3 . Br. Zool. i. N” 1 1 6 .
Loxia Oryzivora, Latbam, iii. 1 2 9 . rice bird. Edw. tab. 4 1 .
4 2 .
Columba oenas,. ftock dove, Latbam, iv. 6 0 4 . Br. Zool. i-
N’ 1 0 3 . ” E.
In refpedt to reptiles, we may inform the reader, that the T o r t o i s e s .
Tejludo Grteca, or common land tortoife, is found here; fome
fea tortoifes o f enormpus fize ; another fpecies, with a long,
beak-like nofe, called Doogame, is figured by Kaempfer, tab. xiii..
fig. 6.
A b l a c k w a t e r l i z a r d , w i t h a r e d b e l l y a n d p in n a t e d t a i l , is
d e f c r ib e d b y t h e f am e w r i t e r , p . 1 3 8 . t a b . x i i i . f i g . 2 . as e x c e e d i
n g l y v e n o m o u s .
A g r e e n fnake, with a flat head and fharp teeth or fangs, i s
reputed to give a mortal bite. The name fignifies the length of a
day, for people are fuppofed to die o f the effedl before the fun
quits the horizon. Kaempfer* fays that it is alfo. found in Malabar.
The Boa, or at leaft fome monfirous fnake, an amphibious
kind, is found on the mountains and in the waters.
T h e fifhes are very numerous. Whales are frequent, and Fishes.
taken not only by harpooning, as in Greenland, but alfo by nets,
in which thofe huge animals are entangled, fo that they become
a ready prey to the harpooners. Much' oil is extrafted from
them •, the flelh i s a common food. Of the tendons are made
L i z a r d *.
Snakes»-
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* Hift. of Japany p. 128.
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