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Type, S 'T-tl- Yonakuni Island, southernmost island o£ 

 Yayeyama Islands, S, Riu Kiu group, 13.x. 1921. H. Orii 

 coll. N. Kuroda Collection, no. 6672. 



Measurements. Exposed culmen 14*5 mm.; entire cul- 

 men 18*5 ; wing 78-5 ; tail 50'5 ; tarsus 29. 



The two specimens from Ishigaki and one from Iriomote 

 seem to be inseparable from the northern typical bird. 



Zanthopygia narcissina shonis, subsp. nov. 



Diagnosis. Very similar to Z. narcissina jakuschima, but 

 the wing is decidedly shorter. It also differs from Z. n. 

 owstoni of Ishigaki in having the throat and rump paler 

 golden-yellow instead of deep golden-yellow to bright chrome- 

 orange or cadmium-orange, and by the wing being a trifle 

 longer (69'5, 70 mm. in two males ; 69 mm. in two females)^ 

 instead of 67*5-70 mm. (in 10 males) and 63-66 mm. (in 7 

 females) in Z. n. owstoni. The second primary is shorter 

 than or equal to the sixth. The wing-formula is the same as 

 that of Z. n. owstoni. (Four specimens examined.) 



Type, S ^^- Komi, Amami-Oshima, Northern Riu Kiu 

 group, 14. V. 1922. H. Orii coll. N. Kuroda Collection, 

 no. 6498. 



Measurements of two males. Exposed culmen 10 mm. ; 

 culmen 13-5 to 14 ; wing 69*5 to 70; tail 48 5 to 50-5 ; 

 tarsus 15 to 15 5. 



I have examined another female specimen collected by the 

 late Mr. E. Horii at Narikawa, Amami-Oshimi, 22. vi. 1917, 

 and preserved in the Higher Agricultural and Dendrological 

 School in Kagoshima. This specimen measures as follows : 

 Entire culmen 12 mm. ; wing 69 ; tail 44 ; tarsus 15-5. 

 Dr. Hartert gives the length of wing of three males from 

 Amami-Oshima as 72 mm., and one female from Okinawa as 

 68 mm. 



Named in honour of Mr. Kei Sho of Okinawa, a younger 

 brother of Marquis Sho and a member of the Ornithological 

 Society of Japan. 



Jantlicenas janthina stejnegeri, subsp. nov. 

 Diagnosis. ^ qvj closely allied to J. jantJdna janthina of 



