233 Mr. H. Seebolim on the Birds 



XX. — Further Notes on the Birds of the Loo-choo Islands. 

 By Henry Seebohm. 



Since my paper on this subject appeared (Ibis, 1887, p. 173), 

 a second collection of birds from these islands has passed 

 through my hands, and a valuable contribution from the able 

 pen of Dr. Leonard Stejneger describes apparently (Pr. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus. 1886, pp. 63J.-651 *) the collection made by Mr. M. 

 Naraiye, which formed the bases of the list furnished to me 

 by Mr. Pryer. 



An examination of this second collection enables me to 

 correct some of the determinations of Mr. Pryer, and to con- 

 firm some of the new species described by Dr. Stejneger, so 

 that my previous list requires both additions and alterations. 



Haliaetus pelagicus. 



Mr. Pryer has sent a fine example of this noble Eagle, 

 a species remarkable for its wedge-shaped tail, consisting of 

 fourteen rectrices. 



Scops elegans. 



Megascops elegans (Cassin), Stejneger, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 

 1886, p. 639. 



Scops semitorques, Seebohm, Ibis, 1887, p. 174. 



Dr. Stejneger has compared an example of this bird from 

 the Loo-choo Islands Avitli Cassin's type in the Philadelphia 

 Museum, and pronounces them to be identical; but he 

 regards the species as fairly distinct from Scops japonicus 

 and widely removed from Scops glabripes. 



NiNOX SCUTULATUS. 



Ninox japonicus, Seebohm, Ibis, 1887, p. 174. 



Mr. Pryer has sent examples of this species from the Loo- 

 choo Islands which agree with others from Japan and China, 

 and are regarded by Mr. Sliarpe as identical with the Indian 

 species. 



Hypsipetes amaurotis squamiceps. 



Oriolus squamiceps, Kittlitz, Mem. Ac. St. Petersbourg, 

 Sav. Etrang., i. p. 241, pi. xvi. (1831). 



* [Dated Feb. 14, 1887.— Edb.] 



