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and ear-coverts glossy violet-black; throat, breast, and neck dusky 

 ash or slate gray, the throat and sides of the neck with a tinge of vio- 

 laceous, sides of the breast and hind neck with a tinge of brownish; 

 (one specimen has the juguluin margined with pale ash); axillaries 

 and under w4ng-coverts white, with dusky bases to the feathers; 

 belly and under tail-coverts pure white; flanks dusky brown. 



Young in first jjlumage. — -Whole upper surface dusk}' "Mars brown " ; 

 feathers of the back and head with pale bufty centers, but no distinct 

 spots anywhere; primary coverts and wing dusky brown; lesser and 

 greater wing-coverts broadly edged with ochraceous buff; primaries 

 and secondaries edged with the color of the back; upper tail-coverts 

 like the back, but with pale buff tips; tail uniform dusky brown; the 

 crown and ear-coverts are changing to bluish black, thus showing 

 that the change from the nesting plumage is directly into that of the 

 female; throat and breast drab gray; belly glossy white; under tail- 

 coverts white with a tinge of buft". 



I take pleasure in dedicating this beautiful species to Mr. Alan 

 Owston, of Yokohama, whose interest in Japanese ornithology has 

 been of such value in elucidating the ornis of Japan. 



List of specimens and measurements of Terpsiphone owstnni. 



Nos. 86108 and 86109. — Two specimens only, seen in the pines. 

 Iris blue-black. Bill dusky. Inside of mouth bright greenish yel- 

 low. Tarsi and toes dull bluish. 



No. 88653. — In this specimen, a female, the central tail-feathers 

 are abnormally developed, being 134 mm. in length. 



