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leucopleurus) , Atimastillas (type Hamatornis flavicollis) , Pros- 

 phorocichla (type Phyllostrephus scandens), Argaleocichla 

 (type Trichophorus icterinus), Thapsinillas (type Criniger 

 affinis), Acritillas (type Criniger ictericus), Arizelocichla 

 (type Xenocichla nigriceps), CalyptocicJila (type Criniger 

 serinus), Charitiltas (type Andropadus gracilis), and SteU 

 gidocichla (type Andropadus latirostris) . Phosphor ocicl da 

 scandens acedis (from Gaboon) is described as a new 

 subspecies. 



The paper concludes with a useful key to the genera 

 treated. 



87. Ogaiva on Birds from the Japanese Islands. 



[Notes on Mr. Alan Owston's Collection of Birds from the Islands lying 

 between Kiusiu and Formosa. By M. Ogawa. Ann. Zool. Jap. v. part 4 



(190.5).] 



Two taxidermists of the well-known naturalist Mr. Alan 

 Owston, of Yokohama, visited the long - chain of islands lying 

 between Kiusiu and the north point of Formosa during the 

 period from May to December 1904, and made collections 

 of birds on ten of them. The entire series thus amassed 

 consists of 1669 well-preserved skins, referred by Mr. Ogawa 

 to 124 species and subspecies, of which an account is now 

 given. Three of these are described as new species 

 (Geocichla major, Picus owstoni, and Nannocnus ijimai) and 

 three as new subspecies (Merula celcenops y akushimensis , 

 Zoster ops japonicus insular'is, and Corpus macrorhynchus osai). 

 Besides these 3 two species are added to the Avifauna of the 

 Japanese Empire — Merops ornatvs and Spilomis pallidas, 

 botli visitors from the south. But by far the most in- 

 teresting fact recorded in this paper is the re-discovery of 

 Garrulus lid t hi, of which 12 specimens were obtained by 

 Mr. Owston's collectors in the island of Amami-Oshima. 

 This famous species of Jay had been lost sight of ever since its 

 original description by Bonaparte in 1850, and no one knew 

 whence it came. Mr. Ogawa concludes his memoir with a 

 very useful table of all the birds known at present from the 

 chain of islands between Japan and Formosa, giving the exact 



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