650 



BIRDS FROM LIU KIU ISLANDS, JAPAN, 



(the type) the white on the forehead is some-what broader, it being only 

 a very narrow line in the one sent for examination. 



Comparative table of measurements. 

 P. TEGIM^. 



Museum and 

 No. 



U.S. Nat. 109476 



Collector and 

 No. 



Namiye. . 

 do 



Namiye.. 



— do 



Jouy, 387 

 Jouy, 628 



5 ad, 

 5 ad, 



Locality. 



Liu Kin 



Chatanmagiri, 

 Okinawa. 



Date. 



Mar. 11, 1886 

 Mar. 12, 1886 





87, 96 12 

 83 9613 





^ t. |3 



hS 



16... 



17 200 



P. JAPONICUS. 



U.S. Nat. 109349 

 U.S. Nat. 109348 

 U.S.Nat. 886.56 

 U.S.Nat. 9138:; 



Idzu . 



^ ad. Amagi 



i, ad. do 



§ ad. Fuji , 



5jun. Chnsenji Lake.. 



May 1, 188S 

 May 6,1885 

 July 2,1882 

 Aug. 27, 1882 



18.5 

 18.5 

 18 

 18 



P. CINEREUS. 



U.S. Nat. 108892 Jankovski,1765 5 ad. Sidenij.Ussnri.. May 13, 1884 95 9111 8 14 16... 16 



Parus castaneoventris Gould. 



A female apparently belonging to this form, originally described from 

 Formosa, and hitherto only known from that island, was collected at 

 Nagogatake March 1(3, 1886. It is smaller than typical P. varius; it 

 has only a few rufous feathers adjoining the black of the hind neck 

 instead of a large triangular spot; and the creamy spot just behind the 

 black of the fore neck is only faintly indicated. The Hanks are also con- 

 siderably paler than in the Hondo bird. Unfortunately I have no For- 

 mosa skin to compare it with, but in the points referred to it agrees 

 with the descriptions of Gould and Swiuhoe. The dimensions, how- 

 ever, are slightly in excess of those given by these authors, being, in 

 fact, intermediate between typical birds of both species. 



Comparative table of measurements. 

 PARUS VARIUS. 



Museum and 

 No. 



U.S.Nat. 91344.. 

 U.S.Nat. 91343.. 

 U.S. Nat. 109353.. 



Collector and 

 No. 



Jouy, 831 . 

 Jouy, 827 



6 ad. 

 9 ad. 

 ?ad. 



Locality. 



Tate Tama, Hondo 



do 



Amagi, Idzu 



Date. 



Dec. 

 D^c. 

 May 



2^ 



siHia 



3,1882 76 5412120 20 

 1,188-2 '79 5411201 20 

 2, 1885,72 48;u,19 18 



PARUS CASTANEOVENTRIS. 



U.S. Nat. 109478. 



Namiye 9 ad. 



Nagogatake, Liu Kiu. 



Mar. 16, 1886 



67i48il2,1917.5 



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