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Parus major bangsi^ subsp. nov. 



Diagnosis. Very similar to P. major nipriloris of Ishigaki, 

 but the underparts, except the median black patch on the 

 breast stretching to the abdomen, rather whiter than in 

 P. m. nigriloris ; the concealed white feathers on the nape 

 present in all the specimens before me except in only one 

 male with no white on nape ; the white patch on the outer- 

 most tail-feathers generally somewhat larger and longer 

 (4-10 mm.) than in P. m. nigriloris. Six of the specimens 

 have a small white spot at the ends of the penultimate 

 tail-feathers. (10 specimens examined.) 



Type. Adult male^ Sonai, Iriomote, Yayeyama Islands, 

 South Riu Kiu Group, 15. x. 1921. H. Orii coll. N. Kuroda 

 collection, no. 6304. 



Measurements : — Exposed culmen, ^ and ? , 9-9'5 mm. ; 

 \ving, S 63-66, ? 61-5-62 mm. ; tail, ^ 54-5-56-5, 

 ? 50-5-55 mm. ; tarsus, S 17-5-18-5, ? 18*5 mm. 



The new form is intermediate between P. tn. okinawce and 

 P. m. nigriloris. It is much nearer to the latter than the 

 former. Named in honour of Mr. 0. Bangs, of the Museum 

 of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A. 



Sittiparus varius olivaceus, subsp. nov. 



Diagnosis. Very different from any known form of 

 Sittiparus varius^ though nearest to S. varius owstoni in 

 coloration. The form is much smaller in size than S. v. ow- 

 stoni, especially the wing and bill. The underparts uniformly 

 pale cinnamon-buff colour washed with olive on the flanks. 

 The frontal patch rich rusty chestnut like S. v. owstoni, but 

 the sides of head and the longitudinal streak on occiput 

 pale cinnamon-buff, the former being slightly darker. The 

 upper mantle with some indistinct rufous feathers, which 

 are obsolete in some examples. The back very distinctly 

 washed with olive, and the edges of wing- and tail-feathers 

 margined with similar colour, and in some specimens 

 (nos. 6352, 6353) with a rusty wash on the olive back. 



