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lower back between the two gray bands is not coppery bronze, but is dull black, 

 almost without metallic lustre, and the male has a much greater amount of gray 

 on back and upper neck, 



A green-winged dove was described by Swinhoe from Formosa as C.formo- 

 sana, but is not recognized as distinct from C. indica by Count Salvador], in 

 the British Museum Catalogue (Vol. XXI. pp. 514-520). 



Megascops elegans (Cassin). 



Two adults from Ishigaki, ^ taken March 25, 9 March 23. Specimens 

 were taken from March 1 to June 3. [Eggs, two in a clutch, were taken from 

 holes in trees, seven to fifteen feet from the ground, from May 14 to June 27.] 



Ninox japonica (Temm. & Schl.). 



Three specimens from Ishigaki, adult ^ taken April 20, adult $ April 15, 

 and a half-grown young, no date. These skins agree with Japanese specimens. 

 The wing of the adult ^ measures 215, of the adult 9 210. 



Accipiter gularis (Temm. & Schl.). 



Three specimens, a 9 (') riot in full adult plumage taken June 1, an adult 

 ^ March 25, and a downy nestling June 27, all from Ishigaki. 



Butastur indicus (Gmel.). 



Two specimens from Ishigaki, neither in full plumage, the ^ taken June 1, 

 the 9 March 23. 



Halcyon coromanda rufa (Wallace). 



Two specimens from Ishigaki, adult ^ and 9 , both taken April 25. Speci- 

 mens were secured in Ishigaki and Taketomi from April 5 to June 10. [Eggs, 

 three in a clutch, were collected from June I to June 21. The nests were in 

 holes in trees at about ten feet from the ground.] I follow Dr. Stejneger in 

 provisionally referring the Liu Kiu Ruddy Kingfisher to this form. 



Anthus maculatus Hodgs. 

 One female taken in Ishigaki, April 7. 



Motacilla lugens Kittl. 



One adult ^ in full spring plumage, taken in Ishigaki, June 1. This seems 

 rather a late date for M. lugens to be in the Liu Kiu Islands. , 



