BANGS: BIRDS FROM THE LIU KIU ISLANDS. 269 



Measurements. — Adult ^, No. 37,390, wing 57 ; tail 39.5 ; tarsus 18 ; ex- 

 posed culuien 11.2 ; distance from tip of longest secondary to tip of longest 

 primary 11. 



Adult 9) No. 37,391, wing 57 ; tail 40 ; tarsus 18 ; exposed culmen 11 ; 

 distance from tip of longest secondary to tip of longest primary 11.5. 



Emberiza spodocephala Pall. 



One male, not in full plumage, from Ishigaki, April 8. 



Passer montanus saturatus Stejn. 



One adult ^ from Ishigaki, June 30. This specimen differs from the type 

 of P. saturatus only by slightly paler colors, due to the more abraded condition 

 of its plumage. [The bird was common in the island, and was breeding in the 

 roofs of the houses. Eggs, seven in a clutch, w'ere taken March 20 to June 25.] 



Coccothraustes coccothraustes japonicus (Temm. & Schl.). 

 One female from Ishigaki, March 7. 



