﻿Birds 
  of 
  the 
  Loo-Choo 
  Islands. 
  49 
  

  

  the 
  tail 
  and 
  no 
  stripes 
  on 
  the 
  crown, 
  are 
  dated 
  9tli 
  and 
  11th 
  

   of 
  April. 
  They 
  measure 
  2*2 
  and 
  2' 
  15 
  inches 
  in 
  length 
  of 
  

   wing, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  large 
  race 
  of 
  

   the 
  Eastern 
  form. 
  The 
  exposed 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  bastard 
  primary 
  

   measures 
  '5 
  inch, 
  and 
  the 
  second 
  primary 
  is 
  "95 
  longer, 
  and 
  

   only 
  -1 
  inch 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  longest. 
  

  

  52. 
  Parus 
  atriceps. 
  

  

  An 
  example 
  shot 
  on 
  the 
  30th 
  of 
  March 
  is 
  almost 
  typical, 
  

   but 
  a 
  slight 
  shade 
  of 
  green 
  on 
  the 
  mantle 
  shows 
  its 
  affinity 
  

   to 
  Parus 
  atriceps 
  minor. 
  

  

  53 
  a. 
  Parus 
  castaneiventer, 
  Gould. 
  

  

  Two 
  examples, 
  one 
  shot 
  on 
  the 
  8th 
  of 
  February 
  (wing 
  2| 
  

   inches) 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  on 
  the 
  14th 
  (wing 
  2"9 
  inches), 
  agree 
  with 
  

   the 
  Formosan 
  P. 
  castaneiventer 
  in 
  having 
  very 
  much 
  less 
  

   chestnut 
  on 
  the 
  mantle 
  than 
  the 
  Japanese 
  species, 
  P. 
  varius. 
  

  

  61. 
  CoRVUS 
  MACRORHYNCHUS. 
  

  

  Two 
  examples 
  shot 
  in 
  February 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  small 
  race 
  

   known 
  as 
  Corvus 
  macrorhynchus 
  levaillanti 
  (wing 
  12-12^ 
  

   inches; 
  height 
  of 
  upper 
  mandible 
  at 
  centre 
  of 
  nostrils 
  •52-G 
  

   inch) 
  . 
  

  

  78. 
  PeRICROCOTUS 
  TEGIMiE. 
  

  

  Two 
  examples 
  (male 
  and 
  female) 
  shot 
  on 
  the 
  4th 
  of 
  April. 
  

  

  85. 
  MOTACILLA 
  BOARULA. 
  

  

  Two 
  examples 
  shot 
  on 
  the 
  26tli 
  and 
  27th 
  of 
  January 
  show 
  

   that 
  the 
  Grey 
  Wagtail 
  is 
  a 
  winter 
  visitor 
  to 
  the 
  Loo-Choo 
  

   Islands. 
  

  

  86 
  a. 
  MOTACILLA 
  TAIVANA*. 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  handsome 
  male, 
  with 
  brilliant 
  yellow 
  eye-stripe, 
  

   flew 
  on 
  board 
  the 
  steamer 
  about 
  forty 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  Nase- 
  

   Osinia, 
  in 
  the 
  northerly 
  group 
  of 
  the 
  Loo-Choo 
  Islands. 
  

   Irides 
  dark 
  brown 
  ; 
  bill 
  black, 
  paler 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  

   mandible 
  ; 
  legs 
  greyish 
  black. 
  

  

  92. 
  COCCOTHRAUSTES 
  VULGARIS. 
  

  

  Two 
  examples 
  shot 
  on 
  the 
  15th 
  of 
  April 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  

  

  * 
  ICf. 
  Sharpe, 
  Cat. 
  B. 
  x. 
  p. 
  514.— 
  Ed.] 
  

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  VI. 
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