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ORNITHOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS. 



As a whole, my specimens are considerably paler than a series of birds 

 from Japan, collected by Mr. Jouy. Since tjie latter are autumnal 

 specimens in fresh plumage, the difference may only be seasonal, however. 



The coloration is very much the same in all the specimens, except in 

 No. 92511, which is much brighter and deeper tinged, both above and 



underneath, than any of the others. 



List of specimens collected. ^^_^ 



'A 



92511 

 92513 

 92509 

 92508 

 92510 

 92512 



Locality. 



2149 

 2159 

 2170 

 2175 

 2176 

 2181 



Bering Island. 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



June 10, 1883 

 June 11, 1883 

 June 13, 1883 

 June 13, 1883 

 June 15, 1883 

 June 17, 1883 



ad. 

 ad. 

 ad. 

 ad. 

 ad. 

 ad. 



mm. 

 215 

 228 

 226 

 227 

 221 

 228 



mm. 



41 

 40 

 38 

 40 

 33 

 32 



mm. 

 121 

 125 

 119 

 120 

 124 

 126 



mm. 

 81 



86 

 79 

 82 

 78 

 83 



• x-n Q0.1 1 Iris dark brown. Bi ll homy blackish brown ; lower mandible, except tip, which is dusky, 

 to^^a fnd a^jrof^outh pa"e orange-yeUow. Naked eye-ring and lower eyelashlignt yellowish gray. 

 Feet, including claws, clear yellowiah gray. 



Nos. 92508, 92509, 92510.— Very fat. Eggs small, undeveloped. 



No 9'>512 —Feet more yellow than any of the foregoing. 



A few individuals of this Thrush usually visit Bering Island in the 

 spring, without any regularity, however. In 1883 the first was ob- 

 served on one of the first days of June, and during the week between 

 the 10th and the 17th of the same month, two males and four females 

 were secured. They were extremely shy, and always single. 



139. lanthia* cyanura (Pall.). 

 lllQ.-MotacHla cyannrus Pall., Reiseu Russ. Reichs, II (app., p. 709).-W., Zoogr. 

 RosB. As.. I, p. 490 iim).-LmcioIa c. Temm. & Schleg Fn ^^P; ^J; (?• ^^^ 

 T)l 2n a847) —L.(Nemura) c. SciiRENCK, Reise Amurl., II, p. ^bl (labUj.— 

 S^!L(!YlLa)c..Mioo., Sibir. Reise, II, 2 (p. 177, tb. 15, f. 5) (1^53).- 

 Radde, Reis. Siid. Ost-Sibir.,II (p. 258) ilSm).-Nemura c. Blakist. Ibis, 

 1862, p:318.-DvBOW. & Pakvex, J. f. Orn., 1868, p. 334.-Pkzew Putesch. 

 U8sur.(n.53) c1870).-Taczan., J.f.Orn., 1872, P-364-W., ^h^d., 1874 p. 

 335.-2^., iMd., 1875, p. 246.-1^., iMd., 1876, p. f .-/c^., Orn. Fauna Vest. 

 Sibir., p. 27 (1877).-BoLAU, J. f. Orn., 1880, p. 117.-1.^., ^b^d., 881 p^55^- 

 STEJNEGER, Naturen, 1882, ^. 180. -lanthia c. Swinh.,- Ibis, 1863. PP- 91, 

 298.-i^., P. Z. S., 1863, p. 290.-Id., iM., 1871, p. 359.-Whitely, Ibis, 1867, 

 p. 197.-DAV10 L OtTST., Ois. Chine (p. 231, pi. 28) (IB^T)--^^^-^;^^- f 

 Pryer, Ibis, 1878, P.239.-7W., iMd., Trans. As. Soc. Japan VIH, 1880 p. 

 224.-7. (Nemura) c. lid., ibid., X, 1882, p. I6l.-Tarsiger c. JoyV' P^- U- S. 

 Nat. Mu3., 1883, p.281.-BLAKiST^Amemi^jst^^Jap^^jK58^4)^____ 

 -^r^^;^^;i^ur^a7and^^,nmtu,^^^ i" ^ool^gTaud^erefore in- 



applicable. The propriety of uniting the type of lanthia and its nearest allies with the 

 forms comprising the genus TarsUjer seems rather doubtful to me. 



