On the Birds of Tsu-sima. 



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VII. — 071 the Birds of Tsu-sima, Japan. 

 By Henry Seebohm. 



The following notes form a contribution towards the avifauna 

 of Tsu-sima (or Twin Islands) ^ a pair of islands, separated 

 from each other by a very narrow channel, situated in the 

 Corean Straits, about halfway between the peninsula of Corea 

 and Kiu-siu, the most southerly of the three large islands of 

 Japan. They are principally based upon a small collection 

 made by Mr. Hoist. 



The birds of Tsu-sima, so far as they are yet known, are 

 more nearly allied to those of Japan than to those of Corea. 

 The greater number of the species are common to all three 

 localities, although there are at least eight or nine species 

 which are found in Tsu-sima and Japan, but have not been 

 recorded from Corea. These are — Emberiza sulphurata, Zos- 

 ter ops jajjonica, Emberiza ciopsis, Garridus japonkus, Lanius 

 superciliosus, Cettia cantans, Xanthopijgia narcissina, Terpsi- 

 phone princeps, and probably Acredida triviryata. On the 

 other hand there are only three species recorded from Tsu-sims 

 which are not known to occur in Japan : Pitta nympha, of 



