8 AKT. 13. E. LÜNNEEKG : 



in sjîecimens from western Siberia I have measured the same 

 width to be about 10 mm. Further, the bill of the latter seems to 

 be shorter than that of the eastern birds. I do not know, how- 

 ever, if this variation is constant. The difference in colour and 

 especially that with regard to the width of bill, are so easily 

 perceivable that I think it justifiable to distinguish the Saghalin 

 jay as a distinct geographic subspecies, which I name in honour 

 of the late ornithologist Taczanowski. It appears that this 

 investigator had been aware of the difference between the jays of 

 Baikal and Dauria on one hand and those of Vladivostok and 

 Sidemi an the other. Of the latter, which are probably identical 

 with the Saghalin form, Taczanowski wrote that they have " le 

 bec distinctement plus fortement comprimé ! " 



NiKOLSKi, who regards the Jay of Saghalin to be " Garrulus 

 Brandti ", says that it is one of the most common birds on 

 the island. Prof. Iijma and party likewise found the jay common. 



5. Starnia violacea (Boddaert). 



Tretiya Padj : Icf juv., July 7. 



This species had been observed on some of the Kuriles by 

 Snow, so that its distribution in Summer time is not confined to 

 the islands of Japan alone. It does not appear to have been 

 recorded before from Saghalin. Nevertheless, the presence of a 

 young bird at this time of the year seems to speak for the 

 breeding of the species on the island, although one can not be 

 quite sure of the fact for the present. 



