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Characters. — Nearest in color to S. permagnus (Stejn.) from the middle 

 group of the Liu Kiu Islands, but much smaller, being little larger than 

 S. formosoe (Swinh.) of Formosa. 



Color. — Type, adult ^. Forehead yellowish oil green, slightly shaded with 

 chestnut toward crown ; rest of upper parts dark oil green, the feathers of the 

 cervix, sides of head and neck and upper back, pale gray below the green tips, 

 this color showing through a little, giving a hoary cast to these parts ; rump 

 and upper tail coverts a little brighter ; primaries slaty black with a percep- 

 tible greenish tinge toward ends, the three outer ones narrowly edged Avith yel- 

 lowish ; secondaries, alula, and middle coverts slaty black somewhat washed 

 with green ; middle coverts and secondaries bordered externally with yellow ; 

 rest of wing and scapulars oil green with a slight wash of chestnut on shoul- 

 der ; under parts yellowish oil green ; middle of belly and striping on flanks 

 yellowish white ; under tail coverts Creaching to end of tail) dark oU green 

 liroadly edged with straw yellow ; rectrices above olive green, below slaty 

 black with grayish tips ; under surface of wing slaty. 



Adult 9 > similar to the ^ but duller in color throughout, and lacking the 

 slight chestnut suffusion on crown and shoulders, and with the grayish tinge of 

 cervix, upper back, and sides of head much less pronounced. 



Measurements. — Adult ^, type, wing 193.5; tail 133; tarsus 26.8; exposed 

 culmen 19. Adult 9? topotype, wing 192; tail 129 ; tarsus 26; exposed cul- 

 men 18.6. 



The Green Pigeon differs in the islands as follows : S. permagnus is confined 

 to the middle group of the Liu Kius, while S. medioximus is peculiar to the 

 southern group; S. formosoe belongs further south still, to the island of 

 Formosa. 



Stejneger's type of S. permagnus is in the Museum at Tokyo, and I have not 

 seen specimens of the species. In addition to the species here described being 

 intermediate in size between S. permagnus and S. formosoe, it differs slightly in 

 color from either of the two. In S. medioximus two sets of wing coverts are 

 bordered with yellow, and the male has a decided wash of chestnut on both 

 crown and shoulders. Stejneger especially describes his type as having only 

 one set of coverts " the outer great coverts " edged with yellow. If the type of 

 S. permagnus be a male, as was supposed, then the chestnut wash on the crown 

 and shoulders of S. medioximus is a distinctive character, and yet again very 

 different from the strong coloring of these parts in S. formosa. 



Chalcophaps indica (Linn.). 



Two specimens, ^ and 9 adults, from Ishigaki. The <? taken March 20, 

 the 9 taken June 10. [Many nests were found, containing two eggs each, 

 usually placed in dead trees at from six to ten feet from the ground.] 



The two Ishigaki skins differ slightly from two Indian specimens of true 

 C. indica with which I compared them. In the Liu Kiu birds the band on the 



