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The young i)luiniige of this species has not yet been described, and a 

 few retn;irks on the present si)eciinen may therefore be welcome. It 

 is in transition from the young to the adult stage, and shows the former 

 to difler very materi.illy from the latter: Superciliary stripe, chin, aud 

 entire throat pale straw color; top of head, hind neck, and rump pale 

 ochraceous ; shoulder feathers cinnamon-chestnut; whole under side 

 pale straw yellow with a strong sutlusion of vinaceous-cinnamou ou 

 breast and sides; a few dusky dots on fore-ueck ; upper back striped 

 with black, bay, and i)alo ochraceous; the cinnamon-rufous feathers of 

 the adult plumage appear on lower back ; greater and lesser upper 

 wing coverts dark drab gray with broad pale ochraceous margins. 



(•-i87) Acaiithis liuaria holboelii (Brm.). 



Like all the other Japanese specimens of KedpoUs which I have 

 seen the two males before me (Se. Coll. Mus. Xos. 1375 and 137G) be- 

 long to the long-billed coast form. Collectors in the northern island 

 should be on the lookout in winter for the short-billed white-rumped 

 A. exilijyes. 



(280) Fringilla moiitifiiiigilla L. 



A i of this species from Nagoya is interesting because partly albi- 

 nistic. Ohin and throat are abruptly pure white, while the rest of the 

 plumage appears to be normal. 



I have not enumerated the following three species with the rest, 

 because there is reason to believe that they should not be included in 

 the Japanese fauna upon the evidence furnished by the specimens 

 treated of. 



Eritliacus sibilans (SwiNii.). 



Dr. I jima informs me that the specimen sent (No. 78!>) was ])urchased 

 December 7, 1887, probably from a dealer in cage birds, lie adds that 

 its Jai)anese name is Shimafjoma, and that some of the dealers in 

 whose shops the species is often found insist that it is a native bird 

 found at Nikko and other places. 



This is a rare species, hitherto only found on the mainland, and its 

 occurrence in Japan needs confirmation, though not imi)robable, as it 

 has been taken in Korea. It may l)e recognized by its russet tail and 

 whitish under parts, with the feathers on throat and breast margined 

 with dusky, giving these i)arts a scaly ai)pearauce. 



Laiiius sphenocercus C'ak. 



Br. Ijima sends a good specimen of this line bird (No. 1000), accom- 

 l)anied by the following remarks : 



Tliis si)ecimeu was purchased by me Novcinlior, 1889, as skin from a bird dealiT. 

 He assured me that it liad heeu collected near Kobe (February 11, IdS'J), but full 



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