264 BULLETIN: MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 
Hypsipetes pryeri Sreun. 
Five specimens from Ishigaki, an adult ¢ taken Feb. 29, an adult 9 April 
30, and three recently hatched young April 21. [Skins were also obtained in 
Kabama, and eggs, four in a clutch, were taken from April 2 to June 25.] 
Merula pallida (Gmet.). 
Two adults from Ishigaki, ¢ February 20, 9 May 1. (Many specimens 
were taken in Ishigaki up to June 20.) 
Merula chrysolaus (Trmm.). 
Two specimens from Ishigaki, adult ¢ May 7, adult 9 February 18. [Skins 
were collected in Ishigaki between February 18 and June 7.] 
Merula obscura (Gmet). 
Two adults from Ishigaki, @ February 22, 9 March 1. [Obtained in Ishi- 
gaki between February 20 and March 1.] 
Monticola solitaria (MUxt.). 
One adult 9, Ishigaki, March 23. 
Terpsiphone illex,! sp. nov. 
Tyee. — Mus. Comp. Zodl. No. 37,363. 
Two specimens from Ishigaki, anadult @ April 25, and an adult 9 May 31. 
[Specimens were taken between April 25 and June 20. Eggs, four in a clutch, 
between May 12 and June 13.] 
Characters. — Nearest to T. princeps (Temm.) of China and Japan, but 
smaller; rectrices narrower and squarer at ends ; wing shorter; primaries very 
short and decidedly narrower and more pointed at ends; wing formula differ- 
ent —4th primary longer than 5th (these two equal in 7. princeps, or 4th 
slightly shorter than 5th); feathers of crest in the @ all narrower, less 
rounded; colors much as in T. princeps, except less white in axillas and lining 
of wing; feathers of crest in the ¢ steel blue instead of purplish ; sides more 
heavily washed with brown. 
The 9 differs from the 9 of T. princeps in the same manner as does the @, 
z. €., it is smaller; in having narrower, shorter, more pointed primaries ; 
narrower rectrices ; crest feathers narrower and bluer, less purplish in color. 
1 Tllex, alluring, enticing. 
