484 BIRDS FROM ISLANDS OF IDZU, JAPAN. 



8. (K).")) Cuculu3 kelungensis Swixii. 



A single female cuckoo in the rufous plumage collected ou Hacbijo- 

 sliima, May 14. I refer without hesitatiou to the present species (0. hima- 

 layanvs Blakist. and Fryer, No. 105), though it diftVrs somewhat from 

 another rufous female collected by Mr. H. V. Henson, at Hakodate, iu 

 having the rumj) only spotted and not barred with black; but this may 

 either be an individual variation, or it may possibly be due to age. 



The measurements alone (wing 191'"'", tail-feathers 14;3""") show that 

 the bird does not belong to G. tamsuicus [C. poUoceijhahis Blakist. and 

 Pryer, No. 104), and the broad black bars on the under surface prevent 

 it from being referable to C. eanorus telephonus. 



9. (257) Hypsipetes amaurotis (Temm.). 



$ ad., Niishima, April 22, 1887 (U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 111602). " Very 

 common on all the islands" (Namiye). 



The specimen sent is large, the tail-feathers being particularly 

 lengthened, as will be seen by a comparison of the measurements given 

 below and those of typical specimens furnished by me (Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., IX, 1880, p. 043). In coloration, however, the specimen in question 

 agrees strictly with Hondo birds, and shows no approach toward the 

 Bonin Island species, R. squamiceps. The specimen measures as fol- 

 lows: ''Total length, 280"""." Wing, 137"""; tail-feathers, 120"""; ex- 

 posed culmen, 24'"'" ; tarsus, 23'"'" ; middle toe with claw, 24'""'. 



10. Turdus celceiiops Ste.ixeger. 



$ ad. and 9 ad., Miyakeshima, May 3, 18>i7. (U. S. Nat. Mus. Nos. 

 111005 and 111000.) 



This interesting novelty I have already shortly described iu " Science," 

 X, August 20, 1887, p. 108, under the above name, as follows: 



Diagnosis.— Back "mummy-brown" (Eidgwa.y's Nomenclature of 

 Colors, pi. iii, tig- 10): breast and tlauks rufous tawny, unspotted; 

 under wing coverts gray; tail-feathers without white terniiual si)ots; 

 no light stripes about the eyes; second primary shorter than tifth. 

 Adult male with head and neck black. Wing about 120 millimetres. 



Type. — U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 111,005. 



Although nearest related to T. chrysolans, the male of the new species 

 is easily distinguished from all the forms belonging to the same group 

 by the intensely black color of the head, neck, outer portion of wing, 

 and tail. The female resembles more that of T. chrysolans, but the back 

 is browner, the tawny of the breast and Hanks is deei)er and more 

 rufous, and the tirst (tenth, or rudimentary) primary is longer. 



A full description of both male and female may not be out of place 

 in the present connection. 



$ ad. (U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 111005; Namiye coll. No. 14; Miyake- 

 shima, Idzu; May 3, 1887.) Back, rump, lesser and greater upper wing- 

 coverts, outer webs of tertiaries, and outer edges of inner secondaries 

 mummy-brown, rump more russet ; breast, sides, and flanks deep ru- 



