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the just-mentioned form ; the striations on the head more 

 distinct and darker than in E. c. castaneiceps. (2 specimens 

 examined.) 



Type. Adult male, Miyanoura, Yakushima, south of Kitlsiu, 

 21. iv. 1922. H. Orii coll. N. Kuroda collection, no. 6118. 



Measurements : — Exposed culmen, S H? ? 10 mm. ; 

 wing, ^ 69-5, ? 68'5 mm.; tail, $ 67, ? 64*5 mm.; 

 tarsus, cJ 19, $ 19 mm. 



The single female examined is nearly identical with that of 

 E. c. ijimce, but the ear-coverts are somewhat deeper chestnut 

 than in the latter subspecies. 



Far us major ucMdsB, subsp. no v. 



Diagnosis. Very similar to P. major kagoshimce Taka- 

 Tsukasa, but may be distinguished from the latter by 

 the olive-yellow wash on the mantle being less bright, 

 in some specimens very considerably approaching to that of 

 P. m. okinawce on account of the suppression of the colour ; 

 by the white nape-patch, smaller in amount, which is 

 generally wholly concealed or sometimes slightly exposed in 

 the skin ; and by the bill being smaller and more slender, 

 but not so thick as in P. m. kagosMmoi. The height of bill 

 at nostril 4-4*5 mm., instead of 5-5*5 mm. as in P. m. 

 kagoshimce J and the entire culmen 11-12 mm. instead of 

 10-10*5 mm. like P. m. kagoshimce. (9 specimens examined.) 



Type. Adult male, Komi, Amami-Oshima, Northern 

 Riu Kiu Group, 9. v. 1922. H. Orii coll. N. Kuroda 

 collection, no. 6274. 



Measurements of the form from Amami-Oshima are as 

 follows : — Exposed culmen, J 8*5-10, ? 8"5 mm.; wing, 

 S 64-66*5, ? 60-5 mm. ; tail, S 54-60*5, ? 53*5 ; tarsus, 

 c? 18-18*5, ? 17. 



The form is intermediate between P. m. kagoshimce and 

 P. m. okinawce, and is no doubt resident on Amami-Oshima 

 and Tukunoshima, where it certainly breeds. Named in 

 honour of Mr. S. Uchida, Secretary of the Ornithological 

 Society of Japan. 



