﻿Birds 
  of 
  the 
  Loo-Choo 
  Islands. 
  51 
  

  

  with 
  Piciis 
  major, 
  but 
  it 
  differs 
  from 
  it 
  in 
  having 
  a 
  larger 
  

   bastard 
  primary, 
  whicli 
  varies 
  in 
  length 
  from 
  1*8 
  to 
  1*5 
  

   inch, 
  being 
  considerably 
  less 
  than 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  

   second 
  primary, 
  

  

  138. 
  Iyngipicus 
  kisuki. 
  

  

  A 
  female 
  shot 
  on 
  the 
  7th 
  of 
  February, 
  and 
  two 
  young 
  

   birds 
  caught 
  in 
  the 
  nest 
  on 
  the 
  27th 
  of 
  April, 
  may 
  be 
  

   referred 
  to 
  the 
  small 
  dark 
  race, 
  Ii/nr/'tpicus 
  kisuki 
  nigrescens. 
  

   Mr. 
  Hargitt 
  has 
  pointed 
  out 
  to 
  me 
  that 
  the 
  Tsu-sirna 
  birds 
  

   belong 
  to 
  the 
  typical 
  form_, 
  and 
  not 
  to 
  the 
  larger 
  paler 
  race 
  

   to 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  erroneously 
  referred 
  them 
  {' 
  Ibis,' 
  1892, 
  

   p. 
  95). 
  

  

  14!2. 
  TURTUR 
  ORIENTALIS. 
  

  

  A 
  male 
  shot 
  on 
  the 
  20th 
  of 
  February 
  is 
  a 
  typical 
  example 
  

   of 
  the 
  species. 
  

  

  146. 
  Treron 
  permagna. 
  

  

  Two 
  examples 
  (presumably 
  males) 
  measure 
  8*2 
  inches 
  

   in 
  length 
  of 
  wing 
  from 
  carpal 
  joint, 
  whilst 
  a 
  third 
  (sexed 
  

   female) 
  measures 
  7*75. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  trace 
  of 
  orange 
  on 
  the 
  

   crown 
  of 
  any 
  of 
  them. 
  

  

  147. 
  COLUMBA 
  lANTHINA. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  label 
  of 
  an 
  example 
  shot 
  on 
  the 
  21st 
  of 
  February 
  

   Mr. 
  Hoist 
  has 
  written 
  " 
  Very 
  rare, 
  but 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  common 
  

   in 
  autumn." 
  

  

  150. 
  CUCULUS 
  CANORUS. 
  

  

  An 
  example 
  siiot 
  on 
  the 
  30th 
  of 
  March 
  measures 
  8'4 
  inches 
  

   in 
  length 
  of 
  wing. 
  Tlie 
  dark 
  transverse 
  bars 
  across 
  the 
  lower 
  

   breast 
  and 
  belly 
  are 
  rather 
  broad. 
  

  

  156. 
  Alcedo 
  tspida. 
  

  

  Two 
  adults 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  Eastern 
  race 
  known 
  as 
  Alcedo 
  

   ispida 
  bengalensis. 
  An 
  immature 
  example 
  shot 
  on 
  the 
  6th 
  

   of 
  May 
  has 
  a 
  much 
  shorter 
  bill, 
  the 
  chestnut 
  on 
  the 
  under- 
  

   parts 
  is 
  suffused 
  with 
  greenish 
  brown, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  more 
  

   green 
  and 
  less 
  blue 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  parts. 
  

  

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