2(10 rnoCKKIilNOS or TIIE national MVSKVM. v.>i„xxi. 



112. ALSIONAX LATIROSTRIS (Raffles). 208. 



lUakiHton and Tryer iiro authority for tlio Htatcmeiit that tliiH Himcies 

 is coininoii llnon^lioiit .hipaii, including Yo/o and tlio Kurils.' if so, 

 it iH probably conruM'd lo I lie souMm'iii iHliUid.s. 1 am not aware, of any 

 nH'.ord of ivuril Hpi'c-inicns. 



Unnic-hilidon Hihrricd (itm^'^\u) is aJso onunierati'd by 8now aw occur- 

 rin{^- in tli(^ KniilH,'-' but without rcCcrcncc to spoc.inicns. The idontili 

 cation may thonilbrc be rej^arded as doubtlul. 



113. CYANOPTILA BELLA (Hay). 207. 



Captain Snow, who is undoubtedly familiar with tlie blue llycatchor, 

 eniiineialons il (under llu^ name (K cy<momcU(n<() aw oecui-iiu}; in (Jui 

 Kurils, ])roba.bly tlui southern ou^^h only. 



PHOENICURUS AUROREUS (Pallas). 253. 



Aecjording to Ht(^ll(^r, the redstart oeeuis in the Kiirils and in Kam- 

 ehatka,' but as it has not been found in lattei' eouutiy by latei- travel- 

 ers tlu^ referemui is possil)ly doul)tfuI, though Steller could hardly be 

 mistaken in the identifu'.ation. 



\i/\. MELODES CALLIOPE (Pallas). 252. 



There is a reciu'd of WosnesscMiski observing this species on Urup in 

 1815, May!) and Sept end)er 130 (old style),' since which time it has been 

 collected in vaiious islands by Sncnv, Kitaliara, and myself. Kitahara 

 was foi'tunalii enough to secure a. young in the lirst plunnige on dhirnoi, 

 whih^ 1 <rolleited a. young fennile after the lirst molt on North Ushishir, 

 on August lil, I.SOt). In the Scicuuie (/olh^ge Musenni, Tokyo, there is 

 a male (No. TST) collected on Sliikotan on ,)uly 7. 'I'hese species, there- 

 foi'c, probably bleed on all the large islands of the chain. 



In isirn, whil(^ considciring the si)ecimen8 in Ileusou's Hakodate 

 collection, I exitiessed a suspicion that th(^ Kaiiiehaikan nightingales 

 biiM^ling on the Kurils, at least tins southern ones, may b(M)f a. some- 

 what dillenMil- coloration from lliosi^ bretMling in Kamchatka and Siberia 

 and paitly migrating ovtM- -lapan.' Last year wliih^ in Tokyo I exam- 

 ined the mat-eiial in the Science Oollege IMiisenm and found that three 

 of the s|)ecimeus from central , lapan liaNc the normal black band 

 beliiiul the scarlet throat and the ash colored chest, while the breeding 

 bird from Shikotiin (No. 787) tallies exactly with IJIakiston's May 

 s|)ecimcns from Ve/o (Nos. JMJLM!1>, <m;l;71, U.S.N.M.), which Imve the fore 

 iieck and breast of a very pale clay color, devoid of gray, and ouly 

 a few dusky spots to indicate the blackish band. The russet ou the 

 up|»er sid(^ of the tail ami upper tail cov«'its in this specimen is also 

 brighter. This strengthens my suspicion, biil. I do not consider the 



'l'ii«o 117. 'MiddriKlditr, lH(^lli|)^. h'liKsi., )). 125. 



•NdIcs Kuril Is!., j). 3(5. ''J'roc. II.. S.Nat. Muh., 1S!(2, \\',i>.:{21. 



"rallas, Zioogr., 1, p. 176. 



