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Yayeyaraa Islands, S. liiu Kiu Group, 23. ix. 1921. H. Orii 

 coll. N. Kuroda collection, no. 6194. 



Measurements : — Exposed culmen, ^ 11' 5, ? 10*5- 

 11 mm. ; wing, c? 58, ? 54-55-5 mm. ; tail, <? 40, 

 ? 39-40'5 mm. ; tarsus, ^ 17*5, ? 17 mm. 



Zosterops palpebrosa iriomotensis, subsp. nov. 



Diagnosis. Similar to Z. palpebrosa loocJwoensis Tristram, 

 but the length of the tail on an average shorter, 36*5-39 mm. 

 (only two examples have the tail attaining 40*5 mm.) instead 

 oH 39-43*5 mm. as in Z. p. loochooensis (only four examples 

 have it 39 mm. and only two females 36*5 and 37*5 mm.). 

 The upper parts are generally patched or sometimes uniformly 

 washed with rusty ; two extreme examples (probably a kind 

 of colour variety or dichromatism, no. 6128 ^ ad. and 

 no. 6209 ? ad.) have the upper parts uniform rusty without 

 any olive-green parts and the throat reddish Indian-yellow ; 

 the under tail-coverts and a longitudinal line extending 

 on the lower breast to abdomen are of cinnamon-yellow 

 colour ; the flanks vinous-grey colour, only the middle 

 of breast being whitish. (12 specimens examined.) 



Ti/2)e. Adult male, Sonai, Iriomote Island, Yayeyama 

 Islands, S. Riu Kiu Group, 17.x. 1921. H. Orii coll. 

 N. Kuroda collection, no. 6198. 



Measurements : — Exposed culmen, c? 11-12, ? 11- 

 12 mm. ; wing, ^ 54*5-58, ? 54-54*5 mm. ; tail, S 36*5- 

 40*5, ? 37-39 mm. ; tarsus, S ? , 16-17*5 mm. 



Emberiza cioides neglecta, subsp. nov. 



Diagnosis. Resembles £J. cioides ijima; Stejn., but the 

 wing shorter and the ear-coverts much more reddish chestnut, 

 instead of chestnut-black or brownish-black like E. c. ijiince 

 or E. c. ciopsis. The ear-coverts are similar to those of E. c. 

 castaneiceps of Korea in tone of reddish-chestnut colour, but 

 the feathers of the coverts have distinct black bases unlike 



