34 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. IO7 



TERPSIPHONE ATROCAUDATA ILLEX Bangs 



Terpsiphone illex Bangs, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 2^^, 1901, p. 264. (Ishi- 

 gaki, Southern Liu Kiu Group.) 



Nago — I male, May 15; Hedo — i juvenile male, i unsexed, Sep- 

 tember 3, 26. 



The adult specimen, taken by Markley in May, is in breeding 

 plumage. 



MOTACILLA CINEREA CASPICA (S. G. Gmelin) 



Partis Caspicus S. G. Gmelin, Reise durch Russland, vol. 3, 1774, p. 104, pi. 

 20, fig. 2. (Enzeli on the Caspian Sea.) 



Hedo — I female, i unsexed, August 26, September 26; Yona — 

 I unsexed, September 3. 



ZOSTEROPS PALPEBROSA LOOCHOOENSIS Tristram 



Zosterops simplex var. loochooensis Tristram, Ibis, 1889, p. 229. (Loo-choo 

 Islands=Riu Kiu Islands.) ' 



Kadena — 2 females. May 29 ; Hedo — 2 unsexed, September 26, 29. 

 Small flocks were found in brushy areas. One bird taken in Sep- 

 tember was in molt. 



PASSER MONTANUS SATURATUS Stejneger 



Passer saturatus Stejneger, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 8, 1885, p. 19. (Liu 

 Kiu Islands, Japan.) 



Hentona — i female, August 17. 

 Birds were found in villasfes. 



BIRDS COLLECTED AT IWO JIMA, VOLCANO ISLANDS 



Wharton visited I wo Jima from March 27 to 31, 1945. He reported 

 finding only five kinds of birds. The fighting during the invasion of 

 the island destroyed or damaged much of the available habitat for 

 land birds (pi. i). 



PLUVIALIS DOMINICA FULVA (Gmelin) 



Charadrius ftilvus Gmelin, Syst. Nat., vol. i, pt. 2, 1789, p. 687. (Tahiti.) 



I male, March 27. 



Wharton reported seeing several flocks of these plovers. The speci- 

 men obtained was in prenuptial molt. 



