88 Mr. iSI. iCuroda on the Birds of [Ibis, 



From the above characters I propose to call the Tsushima 

 bird by the new name, which is derived from the local 

 name o£ the Woodpecker. 



The type-specimen is preserved in my collection. It is an 

 adult male, collected by Mr. N. Teraoka at Nita-mura, 

 Tsushima, 6 October, VJ20. 



Hoist (Seebohm, Ibis, 1892^ p. 42) and Jouy (Clark, /. c. 

 p. 162) obtained this new form from Tsushima. The 

 Tsushima Middle School has several examples. It is very 

 common in the forest. 



I take this opportunity to describe the two folio winj^ apparently new 

 forms of Yungipicus from Japan : — 

 ~~j~~^ Yungipicus kizuki amamii, subsp. nov. 



Diagnosis. — Very similar to Y. kizuki nigrescens of Okinawa, Ijiu-kiu 

 Islands, but the wing on an average longer. [For measurements see 

 the above table.] It differs from Y. kizuki kizuki from Kiusiu by the 

 bill being much broader at the base (breadth of upper mandible at 

 base 8 mm. instead of 6-7 mm.), by the scant}' nasal bristles, and by the 

 colorution of body being much darker. 



The type-specimen is preserved in my collection. Adult male. Col- 

 lected on Amamiosbima, one of the northern islands of the Liu-kiu group. 

 February 1910. 



Yungipicus ^kizuki Nippon, subsp. nov. 



Diagnosis. — Very similar to Y. kizuki seehohmi of Hokkaido as well as 

 Sakhalin Island, but the white spots on the wing smaller, the white bars 

 on back decidedly narrower, and the white area on the outer tail-feathers 

 smaller. Culmen 15'.5 mm., wing8"5mm., tail 49 mm., tarsus 13'5 mm. 



The type-specimen is from Nakahata, Gotemba, Prov. Suruga, Hondo. 

 Adult male. Collected by myself 7 April, 1912. 



Dr. Stejneger (Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. ix. 1886, pp. 120-122) con- 

 siders that examples from Fujiyama and Tate Y^ama are identical with 

 the Nagasaki bird (tlie typical kiztiki). This view is no doubt in error. 

 Specimens from the central Hondo (including Fujiyama and Gotemba, 

 Prov. Suruga) are intermediate between seebohmi and kizuki. I propose 

 to call the examples by the new name. Specimens from northern Hondo 

 seem to be whiter than in those of the central parts. These specimens 

 are probably stragglers from Hokkaido or Yesso, as alreadj- suggested 

 by Dr. Stejneger (Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xvi. 1893, p. G29). But this fact 

 is still in question. 



I have examined a small series of the Pygmy Woodpecker from Corea 

 and one from Quelpart Island. These examples seem to be identical 

 with the new Hondo form (nippon). On tiie other hand, two specimens 

 from Seven Islands of Izu, Hondo, seem to be separable from the 



