1887.] PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 403 



This species seems to differ from the Australiau E. pacijicus (Lath.) 

 (in spite of Schlegel's assertion to the contrary, Mus. P. Bas, Corac, p. 

 139) in being somewhat more brilliantly colored, but particularly in 

 having a comparatively longer tail and shorter wings. In all my speci- 

 mens of E. orientalis the longest tail-feathers are more than one-half the 

 wing, while in E. pacificus the proportion is reversed. 



The Yayeyama specimen has the following dimensions : Wing, 180™™; 

 tail-feathers, 103""" 5 exposed calmen, 23™™; tarsus, 19™™; middle toe, 

 with claw, 30™™. 



Halcyon coronianda (Lath.). 



The liuddy Kingfisher, collected by Mr. J. Nishi on Yayeyama Isl- 

 and, differs from the form occurring in Japan proper (which with Tem- 

 minck and Schlegel we shall designate as ff. major, or II. coromanda 

 major) in the following points : 



(1) First primary shorter than seventh. 



(2) Violet gloss on upper surface much more vivid. 



(3) Ochraceous color on under surface much darker and more tawny, 

 throat and abdomen being tawny-ochraceous, not whitish. 



(4) Feathers of the white rump patch white to the base. 



In all these points it agrees with xMalaccan specimens of what is 

 usually regarded as typical if. coromanda. From these it differs only 

 in the larger size, being fully as large as the Japanese birds. It there- 

 fore seems to agree well with the form from Celebes audSula, described 

 by Wallace as E. rufa* and should possibly stand as Halcyon coro- 

 manda rufay but without specimens of the latter I shall not at present 

 attempt the subspecific identification of our bird, which measures as 

 follows : 



$ ad. {U. S. Mat. Mus., Xo. 110972. Yayeyama Island, Liu Km. J. 

 XisM coll.).— \Y in g, 123™™; tail-feathers, 75™™; exposed culmen, 55™™; 

 tarsus, 17™™; middle toe, with claw, 30™™. 



"Wing formula : 3, 4, 2, 5, 6, 7, 1. 



Anthus maculatus Uj^^er (in lilt.). 

 Anthus cervinus ) 



Hypsipetes pryeri Stp:jneger. 



An additional specimen from the northern part of Liu Kin, collected 

 by Mr. C. Tasaki, has been presented to our museum by the authorities 

 of the Tokio Educational Museum. It agrees very well with the type 

 of the species which is in the museum just mentioned, and corroborates 

 the distinctness of B. pryeri. The specimen measures as follows : 



ad. ( U. S. Xat. Mus. No. 110941. HuKiu Island. G. Tasali coll.).— 

 Wing (first three primaries molting), 120™™; tail-feathers, 108™™; ex- 

 posed culmen, 23™™; tarsus, 22™™; middle toe, with claw, 22™™. 



* P. Z. S., 1862, p. 338. 



