NOTES OX A COLLECTION OF BIRDS FROM TSUSHIMA. 115 



l)In<'kisli ;nii'i'iil:irs slightly more suffused \v\t]\ rnsset or chestunt limn 

 in most Hondo specimens ; ])ut then Hondo specimens thnt m-itcU 

 com])letely in this respect, are not wanfino-. In the third Tsushima 

 specimen (Xo. 1752), the anricnlars ])ear a russet tone to such a de_"Tee 

 as is never knowji in F. ciopsis of Hondo. The fourth Tsushim-i 

 specimen (1751) has the anricidars a. sh;ide more russet ; 1 wonld 

 simply call it russet-l)rown or deep chestunt. l^nfortunately I h.ave 

 no speciinen of E. castaneiceps to compare it witli. Perhaps the t^vo 

 forms are to he considered as intergrading with e:ich other on the 

 island of Tsushima. It will l)e interesting to know wh(^thw in 

 suinmer the ear-coverts of the Tsusliima ihrnting tniai hlack oi- remain 

 suffused with chestnut more or less. 



According to ^fr. Sharpe (Jlrit. Mus. Catalogue^ \o]. XI 1, p. 614), 

 E. rasfanricfps should he wanting the tiny hlack s[)ot on the chin ; 

 hut that tliis is not always the case, has heen shown hy Canon 

 Tristram (Ihis, 1880, p. 294). Of the four mak; Tsushima skins 

 now hefore me, three liave a distinct chin-spot, the forn'th (Xo, 1753) 

 liaving ili.'it pa.rt destr(^yed hy shot. In true JJ. ciopsis of Hondo, 

 the chin-spot is mostly wanting ; out of fortv-two male skins that I 

 examined, only six showed it with any distinctness. The sincle 

 female skin (Xo. 1755) from Tsushima shows no trace of chin-spot, 

 agreeing in all respects of colouration with females collected on 

 Hondo. 



In the anKMnit of white on the outer tail-feathers, I see no 

 apprcci:il)k' dilfcrence hetween Tsushima and Hondo specimens. 



j\Iessrs. Xamiye and i'sucliida also collected two jnale specimens 

 on tlu' island of Iki (Xos. 1824 et 1825). These ha\'e the ear-coverts 

 agreeing well in coloiu' witli average Iloiidö specimens. 



