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lower back between the two gray bands is not coppery bronze, but is dull black, 
almost without metallic lustre, and the male hasa much greater amount of gray 
on back and upper neck. 
A green-winged dove was described by Swinhoe from Formosa as C. formo- 
sana, but is not recognized as distinct from @. indica by Count Salvadori, in 
the British Museum Catalogue (Vol. XXI. pp. 514-520). 
Megascops elegans (Cass1y). 
Two adults from Ishigaki, ¢ taken March 25, 9 March 23. Specimens 
were taken from March 1 to June 3. [Eggs, two in a clutch, were taken from 
holes in trees, seven to fifteen feet from the ground, from May 14 to June 27. ] 
Ninox japonica (Temm. & Scat.). 
Three specimens from Ishigaki, adult ¢ taken April 20, adult Q April 15, 
and a half-grown young, no date. These skins agree with Japanese specimens. 
The wing of the adult # measures 215, of the adult 2 210. 
Accipiter gularis (Temm. & Scut.). 
Three specimens, a 9(?) not in full adult plumage taken June 1, an adult 
&@ March 25, and a downy nestling June 27, all from Ishigaki. 
Butastur indicus (GMEt.). 
Two specimens from Ishigaki, neither in full plumage, the ¢ taken June 1, 
the Q March 23. 
Halcyon coromanda rufa (Wat.ace). 
Two specimens from Ishigaki, adult ¢ and 9, both taken April 25. Speci- 
mens were secured in Ishigaki and Taketomi from April 5 to June 10. [Eggs, 
three in a clutch, were collected from June 1 to June 21. The nests were in 
holes in trees at about ten feet from the ground.] I follow Dr. Stejneger in 
provisionally referring the Liu Kiu Ruddy Kingfisher to this form. 
Anthus maculatus Hones. 
One female taken in Ishigaki, April 7. 
Motacilla lugens Kittt. 
One adult ¢ in full spring plumage, taken in Ishigaki, June 1. This seems 
rather a late date for M. lugens to be in the Liu Kiu Islands. 
