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 Spinus spiiius (Lin.). 



A pair collected at Napa, March 5 (U. S. Nat. Mus., Nos. 109479 

 109480), concludes the list of species which were sent from these inter' 

 esting islands. 



Of this species I have only two more Japanese male birds for com- 

 parison with eight European males. In the former the black cap seems 

 to reach further down on the hind neck than in the western birds. Addi- 

 tional Japanese specimens are, therefore, desirable", as with the present 

 series I do not feel justified in separating the eastern bird. 



