64G BIRDS FROM LIU KIU ISLANDS, JAPAN. 



wings) and the axillaries uniform ash gray, the latter slightly lighter; 

 lower breast, abdomen, and crissuiu white, towards the sides washed 

 with ashy; tibial feathers ashy sutfused with rufous; under tail-coverts 

 pale rusty; exposed portion of the remiges of a color similar to that 

 of the back, but inclining to burnt umber; inner webs dusky with pale 

 rusty edges. Bill jet black; legs horny, brownish gray. Total length, 

 according to Mr. Namiye, 152'"'", and stretch of wing 241°'"'. Wing, 

 72mm. tail-feathers, 52"""; exposed culmen, 14"^™ ; tarsus, 29""" ; middle 

 toe with claw, 23""" ; graduation ot tail, 5""". 



Turdus naumanni Tkmm. 



An adult male, differing in no way from typical specimens of the 

 Eed-tailod Thrush, was collected in Oroku, Okinawa Shima, March 2S, 

 1886. The total length is given as 240""" ; stretch of wing, 400°^^'. 

 Wing, 130™™; tail-feathers, 89'""»; exposed culmen, 17"'"' ; tarsus, 32°'"'; 

 middle toe with claw, 27™°'. 



Monticola solitaria (Mull.). 



An adult female from Napa, Liu Kin, March 5, 1886 (U. S. Nat. Mus. 

 No. 109473), in the gray plumage. This species was also collected at 

 Napa by the Rodgers Expedition, during the winter 1854-1855. A male 

 in chestnut plumage is in the collection of the U. S. National Museum 

 (No, 21146). — Cf. I'etrocossypus manillensis, Cassin, Proc. Acad. Phila. 

 1862, p. 314. 



lanthia cyanura (Pall.). 



A male in the olive plumage was collected at Nagogatake, Liu Kiu, 

 March 16, 1886 (TJ. S. Nat. Mus. No. 109475). 



Chelidon namiyei, sp. u. 



DiAGrN. — Similar to Chelidon javanica (Sparrm.), but considerably' 

 larger, with the gloss of the upper surface more greenish, and the gray 

 of the under side purer; under tail-coverts margined with pure white. 



Type. — Coll.Namiye,Urassoimagiri, Okinawa Shi ma, Liu Kiu Islands, 

 March 11, 1886. 



Habitat. Liu Kiu Islands, Japan. 



Tested by Mr. Sharpe's "Key" to the species of this genus (Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus., X, j), 124), the present species would have to be sought for 

 in tbe section embracing " rustica and allies,'' viz, savignii, giitturalis, 

 erythrof/astrn, and tylleri, as far as length of wing is concerned, it beiug 

 about 4.60 inches in Ch. namiyei. It must be compared, however, with 

 the species following, which have the " wing extending beyond the tips 

 of tail," and ''no band on the fore neck," especially those with white 

 spots on thetnil-feathers and with the under tail-coverts "smoky brown." 



Chelidon. namiyei is at once distinguished from Ch. neoxena by the 

 much shallower furcation of the tail, it being about 20"'™ deeper in the 

 Australian species, which, in fact, has the tail nearly as furcate and 

 the outer tail-feathers quite as attenuated as Ch. gutturalis. 



