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specimens and, where very faint, might easily be overlooked. Bring- 

 inu' to"-ether Hondo specimens (obtained in winter) for comparison's 

 saJ^e, I find similar colouring of the jiignlar feathers ; in at least three 

 ont of ten specimens the jngular band is as marked as in the Tsushima 

 specimen which first atti'actcd my attention t(j the matter. Possiljly 

 the deejjer or fainter tone of chestnut on the jugular feathers is merely 

 a matter of age. E\en when \evy prominent, the ruddy area is so 

 inextensive as to exclude the idea of directly linking the Tsushima 

 birds with H. squainiceps of the lîonin Islands or with H. pnjeri oi'tlm 

 Loo-ch()os. In size the Tsushima specimens are as variable as Hondo- 

 birds and in their average I see no appreciable difference from the latter. 

 The measurements of Tsushima specimeris are appended below : 



* Jugular feathers suffused with pale chestnut iu varying degrees. 



