16 RIKDS Ol- Till- JAPANESi; F-MPIKK. 



Islands, and scut a small collection of birds obtained at Nalia, the 

 capital of Okinawa-sima, the largest island of the central group. 

 Iijn(/ipicus kizuki Jiif/rescens is described as a small dark race of 

 Temminck's Pigmy "Woodpecker. Picus nognchii is described as a 

 new species, possibly allied to the genus Bhjthipicus. Other species 

 new to the Japanese fauna are 



Sterna melanavchen. 

 „ douf/alli. 



Dendrocyyna javanica. 



Stkjneger. Review of Japanese Birds. — IV. Synopsis of the Genus 

 Tardus. Proc. United States Nat. Mus. 1887, pp. 4-5. 



In this j)apcr a supposed new species of Thrush is described from 

 the main island of Japan under the name of Turdus jouyi. 



Stejneger. Notes on the Northern Paliearctic Bullfinches. Proc. 

 United States Nat. Mus. 1887, pp. 103-110. 

 In this paper various points relating to the genus Pyrrhula are 

 discussed, amongst others the complete intergradation of Pyrrhula 

 orientalis and PyrrJiuIa rosacea. 



Stejxeger. Zcitschr. gesaramte Ornith. 1887, pp. 100-170. — A 

 List of the Birds hitherto reported as occurring in the Liu-kiu 

 Islands, Japan. 

 This paper combines the information respecting the birds of the 



Loo-Choo Islands contained in the writer's article on that subject 



M-ith that furnished by ]Mr. Pryer, to which are added the species 



previously recorded from this locality. 



Stejnegek. Review of Japanese Birds. — V. Ibises, Storks, and 

 Herons. Proc. United States Nat. Mus. 1887, pp. 271-319. 

 This paper contains much interesting matter; the claim of P/a- 

 talea minor to be regarded as a good species is substantiated. A 

 supposed new species of Reef-IIeron is described under the name of 

 Demieyretta rinyeri from the island of Tsu-sima. 



Stej.negek. On the systematic name of the Kamtschatkan and 

 Japanese Carriou-Crow. Proc. United States Nat. Mus. 1887, 

 pp. 320-321. 

 In this paper the writer comes to the conclusion that the Japanese 

 Crow oui^ht to bear the name of Corvus corone urientalis. 



