486 BIRDS FROM ISLANDS OF IDZU, JAPAN. 



12. (248) Erithacus akahige (Te.mm.). 



No spt'ciiiien sent. " I found this specios only on Miyakesliima and 

 Hacbijoshima, on both of which it breeds " (Namiye). 



13. '' Acrocephalus sp. f." 



No specimen sent. Mr. Namiye writes that he only obtained one 

 specimen on Miyakeshima. 



14. (241) Phyllopseustes coronata (Temm. & Schl.). 



S ad., Idznmura, Miyakeshima, May 3, 1887 (U. S. Nat. Mas. No. 

 111G03). " Very abundant on all the islands " (Namiye). 



15. (204) Laiiius brachyurus Pall. ?. 



Mr. Namiye saw a Shrike on Hachijoshima, which he refers to L. huce- 

 phalus T. & S. (L. brachyurus) with a query. 



16. (218) Parus varius (Temm. & SciiL.). 



5 ad., Niishima, April 22, 1887 (U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 111661). " Com- 

 mon on all the islands except Hachijoshima " (Namiye). Typical in 

 every respect. 



17. (217) Parus minor Temm. &, Sciil. 



Mr. Namiye writes that he observed this species on Miyakeshima and 

 on Hachijoshima, but that he did not obtain specimens, in consequence 

 of which he cautiously adds a query to the specitic name. 



18. (189) Corvxis japonensLs Bp. 



No specimen sent. Mr. Namiye pronounces it common on all the 

 islands. 



19. (180-180^) Zosterops japoiiica Temm. «fe Schl. 



$ ad., Okadamura, Oshima, April 19, 1887 (U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 

 11165S). "Breeds commonly on all the islands" (Namiye). 



It is with some hesitation I refer the specimen sent to the present 

 species, on account of its large size and long bill. As Mr. Namiye, in 

 his letter to me correctly remarks, it seems referable to the form which 

 Blakiston and Pryer recognize as No. 180i, without, however, giving it 

 a specific name. With only one specimen before me I do not feel justi- 

 fied in supplying such a one, since the differences in the dimensions may 

 be nothing more than individual variation. I am also led to this con- 

 clusion by the fact that Mr. Jouy, among the specimens of Zosterops 

 which he collected in Korea, has a similarly large individual. As re- 

 gards coloration I find no difference at all, the specimen in question 

 agreeing minutely with summer birds from the larger islands. Should 

 all the specimens from "the Seven Islands" prove to have long bills then 

 it may become necessary to recognize them by name as a separate race. 



