ON THE LOCALITY OF GARRULUS LIDTHI. 45 



nitide coccineis, plumis basi nigris ; rostra nigro, pedibus brunneo- 

 corneis. Long. tot. circa 4|, rostr. |, al. 3, caud. 2 (poll. Angl.). 



Male. Fuscous-black ; interscaplars and wing-coverts darker, and 

 with a slight metallic gloss, which extends onto the tail; primaries 

 browner, the internal web narrowly margined with whitish, except 

 at tip ; wings beneath pale greyish- brown ; chin, throat, breast, sides of 

 belly till near legs, back, rump, and upper tail-coverts shining crimson- 

 scarlet, the feathers black at base ; beak black ; legs dark horn-colour. 



A second specimen, marked female, resembles in general that described, P.Z. S. 1878, 

 but is rather smaller, and all the colours are duller, particularly the red p ' 353< 

 of the throat and chest, so that the black-brown of the back forms a 

 broad ring between the chin and breast. The under wing-coverts are 

 whitish, and the pale internal margin of the primaries more conspicuous. 

 It is probably a younger bird. 



Habitat. Island of Eotumah, Central Pacific. Native name " Aramea." 

 I ought to mention that Mr. Sharpe has lately received, in a collection 

 from Erromango, one of the New Hebrides, a specimen of this bird 

 almost identical with mine in every respect. This is very curious ; for 

 Erromango is far removed from Eotumah, and the neighbouring island 

 of Tanna is inhabited by a distinct species (Myzomela cardinalis (Gin.), 

 figured in Latham's Synopsis, vol. i. pi. xxxiii. fig. 2). 



12. LETTER CONCERNING THE LOCALITY Ibis, 1878, 



OF GARRULUS LIDTHI.* * m ' 



To the Editors of ' The Ibis: 

 SIES, 



In Messrs. Blakiston and Pryer's list of the birds of Japan, published 

 in the July number of ' The Ibis ' for the present year (pp. 209-250), 

 but two species of Garrulus, G. brandti and G. japonicus, are recorded 

 as being natives of Japan. To these Garrulus lidthi of Bonaparte (P. Z. S. 

 1850, p. 80, t. xvii.) should certainly be added ; for though for a long 

 time its exact patria was uncertain, yet now there can be little doubt 

 (con/. Count Salvadori's observations in Atti Ace. Eeale Tor. vii. pp. 

 473-476 [1872], duly noticed in 'The Ibis' [1873, p. 478] and 'Zoo- 

 logical Record ' [1872, p. 53]) that Japan is the true habitat of this fine 

 Jay. I believe, however, that the exact island or islands where it occurs 

 have yet to be ascertained. 



* Ibis, 1878, p. 491. 



