280 ORNITHOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS. 



It will be seen that the above measurements do not differ from those 

 of P. trivialis (LiN.). 



127. Budytes flavus leucostriatus (HOM.)- 



l&ZQ.—MoiMcillu Jlaveola Pali.., Zoogr. Ross. As., I, y. 501 (part). 



185'3.—AlotacilliiJ{ava Midd., Sibir. Reise, II, 2 (p. 168).— Schrenck, Reise Amurl., 

 I,p. 345(1860).— RADDE,Reiseii SiideuOst-Sibir.,II(p. 229)(1863).— Adams, 

 Ibis, 1878, p.423.— BoLAU, J. f. Orn., 1880, p. 120.— Id., ibid, 1882, p. 333,— 

 Budytes f. Swinh., Ibis, 1861, p. 411.— M.ibirf., 1862, p. 260.— Id., P. Z. S., 

 1863, p. 274 {pari).— Id., ibid., 1871, p. 364.— Baird, Trans. Cliic. Acad., I, I, 

 1869 (p. 312, pi. XXX, tig. 1).— Dall & Bann., ibid., I, 1869, p. 227.— Finsch, 

 Abb. Bieni. Nat.Ver., Ill, 1872, p. 37.— Taczan., J. f. Orn., 1875, p. 252.— 

 Id., Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1876, p. 150.— 7d.. ibid., 1882, p.389.— Jd., Orn. 

 Fauna Vost. Sibir., p. 34. — Finsch, Verb. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien, 1872, p. 

 257.— Bean, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, p. 147.— Stejneger, Naturen, 1882, 

 p. lS2.—Id., Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, p. 72.— Dybowski, Bull. Soc. Zool. 

 France, 1883, p. 360.— Nelson, Cruise Cor win, p. 62 (1883).— Turner, Auk, 

 1885, p. 157. 



1878.— B udytes leucosMatus Homey., J. f. Orn., lr<78, p. 12s.— Taczan., Bull. Soc. Zool. 

 France, 1878, p. 128. 



1882.—" Budytes leiecostria HoM.," Taczan., Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1882, p. 389. 



E. V. Homeyer, in 1878 (J. f. Orn., p. 128), described a specimen from 

 Baikal as B. leucostriatus, of whicli he said that " it is the largest of all 

 the Budytes'' (ulna 3" 3'" = 84'"-^ and tarsus 11"' = 28"^'"). But 

 although these measurements are considerably larger than those of my 

 birds, and though the latter on the whole in many respects differ from 

 his description, I hesitate very little in referring them to this form. 

 Homeyer made n^ his diagnosis from one specimen only (unfortunately 

 he does not state in what season the bird was collected), and the indi- 

 A'idual variation among the Budytes are so great as to easily account for 

 the differences. I, therefore, think that Taczanowski from whom v. Ho- 

 meyer received his type specimen is right in referring all the Eastern 

 Asiatic Budytes with white superciliary streak to this form to which he 

 also has referred the Kamtschatkau bird. 



Looking at the tables below w^e will lind that the dimensions of the 

 specimens collected by me are somewhat inferior to those given by v. 

 Homeyer, but that they agree pretty well with two splendid specimens 

 of the true flavus from Germany in the National Museum's collection, 

 except that the bills and toes of the former are considerably larger. 



As to the color, it may be remarked that my s])eeimens, in the intensity 

 of the yellow color, come very close to those from Germany, but that the 

 tint of the yellow is somewhat different, being in the latter, especially 

 in one of the specimens, of a rather orange tinge, while in the former 

 the yellow is of a more greenish character, the sides especially being 



