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The first oue was an adult bird collected by Mr. Pryer at Fujisan; the 

 second, an adult female, by P. L. Jouy on Fuji, July 2, 1882 (U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., No. 91455); and the third, a line adult male, by the same gentle- 

 man on Tsushima, May 22, 1885 (U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 114G39). 



(195) Pica pica media (Blytli). 



A comparison of specimens of true rica pica from Euro])e with 

 examples from China, Korea, and Japan has convinced me of the sub- 

 specific distinctness of the eastern magpie. The essential difference 

 consists in the color of the secondaries and greater coverts which in the 

 adult P. media are considerably more purplish blue than in the typical 

 form. 



The specimen in the Science College Museum (No. 1581) is an adult 

 collected in the Province of Hizen (in which Nagasaki is situated) 

 Kiu Siu. 



Sturnia sinensis (Giu.)- 



Two specimens (Nos. 2165 and 216G) were purchased in the flesh 

 from a game dealer in Tokyo, February 10, 1889. According to Dr. 

 Ijima they were skinned by Sakamoto, who found shot holes on the 

 body. They show no signs of being escaped cage birds, and as there 

 is but slight probability of their having strayed from their regular 

 habitat in China, the inference is that a colony of these birds may 

 have become established somewhere in Hondo, probably originating 

 from escaped or willfully liberated cage birds. 



Both specimens are nearly entirely void of the usual salmon-colored 

 suffusion, and the younger specimen is shedding some of the remiges. 



(272) Emberiza personata Tcmrn. 



I can corroborate Dr. Ijima's identification of No. 1748, Uchiyama, 

 Tsushima (Jour Sc. Coll. I. Univ. Jap., v, 1891, p. IIG). It is unusually 

 pale, in fact so much so that at first I Avas inclined to regard it as E. 

 spodocepliala. An examination of the outer tail-feathers, however, at 

 once shows it to be E. perfionata^ as in this species the dusky of the 

 outer web invades the inner web towa'rd the tips to quite a consider- 

 able extent, while in E. spodocephala it is almost totally confined to 

 the outer web. 



Another specimen (No. 2187) from the Province of Owari is also sent. 

 There is a pinkish color, especially on the under side, evidently an ac- 

 cidental stain. 



Emberiza ciopsis ijimae. subsp. nov. 



Dr. Ijima has kindly sent for my inspection three of the Tsushima 

 birds which he has discussed in his valuable paper on the birds from 

 Tsushima, viz, Nos. 1751, 1753, and 1754 (Journ. Coll. Sc. I. Univ. Jap., 

 V, 1891, p. 114). Without coming to a decision whether to refer these 

 birds to E. ciopsin or to E. c((staneicepi chiefly for want of specimens of 

 the latter, he correctly pointed out the differences from the former. 



