CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE OllNIS OF SACHALIN. 7 



soon after the young are Hedged and can take care of themselves. 

 A specimen shot on May 29 had dropped its central tail feathers. 

 The young are paler and more ochre-coloured below than, though 

 otherwise similar to, the adult. 



Compared with specimens of the typical form from Sweden, 

 the hood of the birds from Saghalin is darker and more sharply 

 defined from the colour of the back, which is paler than in the 

 typical form. 



NiKOLSKi has recorded this bird as common, with which 

 Professor Ijima's exiDcrieiice is in agreement. 



4. Gari'ulus f/landarius taasanowsJcii, u. subsp. 



Mouth of Susuya River : Ir/', May 13 ; Iç^, May 23. 



Khomatofka : Ic/, June 14. 



Tunnaicha : 1 ? , Sept. 14. 



Chipesani: Iç^, Sept. 23; 1?, Oct. 2; 1?, Oct. 3; 1?, 

 Oct. 4; 1?, Oct. 6; 1?, Oct. 8; 1?, Oct. 9; Id" 

 and 2??, Oct. 11; 2??, Oct. 13; 2c/'d' and Ig, 

 Oct. 14. 



Arakuri : Id", Oct. 12. 



The foxy red colour of the head is very rich in these birds, 

 and the forehead is not at all, or is scarcely, paler than other 

 parts. The colour of the head and neck appears to be more 

 intense than in typical specimens of Garrulus glandarius brandti 

 EvERSMANN, with whicli this jay is, in other respects, most 

 nearly related. The bill is also more strongly compressed than 

 in G. g. brandti, so that the width of the upper bill at the 

 anterior end of nasal bristles is about 8 mm. or even less, while 



