206 A JAPANESE EEED WARBLER— STEJNEGER. vol. xvii. 



agreeing pretty closely with Taczauowski's data, especially if we bear 

 in mind what aa unreliable measurement the former is. 



It will be remembered that in my description I stated that the bird 

 in question probably belongs to that group of the genus which has no 

 subapical blackish bar across the tail-feathers, the specimen at my 

 command showing no trace of it, but that I did not venture to be posi- 

 tive about it, as the character is less developed in young birds than in 

 the adults. As Taczauowski's description contains no mention of any 

 subapical black bar, I take it now for granted that the species has none, 

 and the character may be inserted in the diagnosis. 



From the above it follows that the Japanese bird must stand as 

 Locustella plesJcei, Taczan., with the following synonymy: 



1888. — Locustdla fasciolafa, Taczaxowski, Proc. Zool. Soc, Loudon, 1888, p. 455 



(not of Gray). 

 1889. — Locustella pleskei, Taczanowski, Proc. Zool. .Soc, London, 1889, p. 620. 

 1893. — Locustella hondoensis, Stejnegek, Proc. U. S. Mat. Mus., xvi, 1893, No. 957, 



p. 633. 



