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central Riu Kiu Islands. In comparison with male birds of the sub- 

 species T. s. blakistoiii from Tonkin (September) and from Cochin- 

 china (March), this male from Okinawa is paler with fewer black 

 markings on the upper parts and breast, and has a slightly shorter 

 wing and a slightly shorter and heavier bill. 



Markley observed cjuail in open grasslands, in fallow fields, and at 

 the edges of deserted villages. The specimen obtained was molting its 

 wing feathers. 



GALLINULA CHLOROPUS INDICA Blyth 



Gallinula chloropus ? var. Indictis Blyth, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. ii, 

 1842, p. 887. (Calcutta.) 



Nago — I male, i female, May 5 ; Heianza Shima — i male, August 

 I ; Hentona — i male, i female, 4 juvenile males, 2 juvenile females, 

 August 13, 31- 



Gallinules were collected in rice fields. Specimens resemble closely 

 birds from China, Siam, and India. 



ROSTRATULA BENGHALENSIS BENGHALENSIS (Linnaeus) 



Rallus henghalensis Linxakus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. i, 1758, p. 153. (Asia.) 



Takeasu — i female, May 15. 



This bird was collected by B. V. Travis in a rice paddy. 



CHARADRIUS LESCHENAULTII Lesson 



Charadrins Leschenaidtii Lesson, Diet. Sci. Nat., ed. Levrault, vol. 42, 1826, p. 

 36. (Pondichery, India.) 



Heianza Shima — i male, i female, July 30. 



NUMENIUS ARQUATA ORIENTALIS C. L. Brehm 



Nninenlns oricnlalis C. L. Brehm, Handb. Naturg. Vogel Deutschl., 1831, p. 

 610. (East Indies.) 



Heianza Shima — i female, August 2. 



TRINGA NEBULARIA (Gunnerus) 



Scolopax nebidaria Gunnerus, in Leem. Beskr. Finni. Lapper, 1767, p. 251 

 (District of Trondhjem, Norway.) 



Heianza Shima — i male, July 31. 



