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REVIEW OF JAPANESE BIRDS. 



In order to facilitate comparison tlie following table of measurements 

 of the true ^githalos europwus in the collection of the museum has been 

 prepared. 



Measurements of jEgithaxos europ^us. 



" Very worn. 



(220) Aegithalos caudatiis (Lixx.). 



Long-tailed Tit. 



Shima-o-uaga. 



1758.— Paras caudatus Lixx., S. X. 10 ed. i, 190.— 7rf., S. N., 12 ed. i, p. 342 (1766).— 

 Aegithalus caudaliis BoiE, Isis, ld22, p. bod.—.lcredula c. Swixhoe, Ibis, 1874, 

 p. 156. — Blakist. & Pryer, Iliis, l>7d, p. 236. — lid., Tr. As. Soc. Jap., viii, 

 1880, p.218.— ZkZ . (7>(V/., s, 1^84, p. 151.— Blakist., Clirysauth., 1883, Jan., 

 p.30.— /(?., Amen. I. List B.Jap., p. 28 (1H81). 



1761. — Lanius iiarmicus Lixx., Fanua Svec. 2 ed. (p. 29, tab. i). 



ISil.—Paroides longicaudus Brehm, Haudb. Vog. Deutaclil., p. 470. 



1855. — Mecistura piiietorum Brehm, Naumaunia, 1855 (p. 285). 



The white-headed Bottle-tit which in Japan only occurs in Yesso, reg- 

 ularly at least, is identical with the typical European 2E. caudatnu. If 

 anything, the tail is shorter than in the Earopean form, and the amount 

 of white on secondaries and rectrices is not greater; consequently it is 

 different from the Siberian form ^. caudatus macrums.* t should 

 mention, however, that the vinous color on the flanks is slightly paler 

 in the Japanese birds before me. 



Measurements. 



The material, as will be seen, is rather scanty, and I would be very 

 glad to receive additional specimens from Yesso, especially young ones, 



Alcredula'i macrura Seebohm, Brit. B. Eggs., i, p. 487 (1883). 



