ote NEW JAPANESE BIRDS—STEJNEGER. 
The Russian ornithologists have it from the west coast of the Ok- 
hotsk Sea. It has, therefore, a migration route similar to Tringa ferru- 
ginea. The migrations of these birds in Eastern Asia are referred to 
more fully in my above-mentioned book (pp. 346-347), 
Acanthopneuste ijimz sp. nov. 
DIAGNOSIS: Similar to A. coronatus, but top of head uniform with 
the back, and no coronal band; under tail-coverts yellow; second pri- 
mary longer than seventh, shorter than sixth. 
HABITAT: Seven Islands (of Idzu), Japan. 
TYPE: U.S. National Museum, No, 111663; Idzumura, Miyakeshima, 
May 3, 1887; M. Namije coll. 
Synonym: Phyllopseustes coronatus Stejneger, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus., 
1887, p. 486 (nec Temm. & Schl.). 
When first reporting upon the birds of the Idzu Islands I had only 
one specimen of this species before me and a pretty poor series of A. 
coronatus for comparison. As the specimen in question in other par- 
ticulars, viz: in the intensity and pureness of the green of the back, the 
whiteness of the under parts contrasting strongly with the yellow under 
tail-coverts, in wing-formula, and in size agreed with A. coronatus, it 
was assumed, rather hastily, I admit, that the absence of the character- 
istic head-pattern was due in some way, or another, to seasonal or indi- 
vidual variation. I never got over my suspicion, however, which 
almost amounted to a conviction when recently I came to reéxamine 
our now quite respectable series of A. coronatus with the result that the 
dark top of head and light crown patch is present even in the bird in 
the first plumage, in both sexes, and at all seasons. I wrote to Mr. 
Ijima kindly to forward me the other specimens collected by Mr. Na- 
mije in the Idzu Islands. He sends a pair (Se. Coll. Mus., Nos. 187 and 
188) which clearly show that we have to do with a different species. The 
whole top of the head is of the same greenish color as the back, and 
there is not the slightest trace of a median pale stripe, The plumage 
is in very good condition. The green of the lower back is even purer 
and richer than in A. coronatus, 
There is no other species with which the present needs comparison 
except perhaps A. plumbeitarsus from the fact that the latter has some- 
times been confounded with A. coronatus (for instance, by Middendorff), 
but they differ both in coloration, wing-formula, and size, as will be 
plain from the statements made in this paper, 
There is nothing startling in receiving a new Phyllospeustine bird 
from these islands, which, it should be remembered, are the home of the 
well-differentiated Turdus celenops, and I can do nothing better than 
to name it for Dr. I. Ijima, who so successfully has taken up the study 
of the ornithology of his native country. 
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