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Japan proper, but differing from the latter in having the 

 bill less powerful ; wing and tail mostly somewhat shorter, 

 the metallic green on nape duller ; the purple tinge on 

 mantle, rump, and upper tail-coverts also duller and some- 

 what tinged with violet ; upper breast duller in colour and 

 less green in tinge, but with purplish lustre. (3 adults 

 and one young of the first plumage examined.) 



Type, S ad. Yonakuni Island, southernmost island of 

 Yayeyama Islands, S. Riu Kiu Group, 23. ix. 1921. H. Orii 

 coll. N. Kuroda collection, no. 6949. 



Measurements of two males. Exposed culmen 21 mm. ; 

 wing 215 to 230 ; tail 154 to 167 ; tarsus 32-5 to 33. 



The new form is the southernmost representative of the 

 species, since, so far as I know, it has not been recorded 

 south of Okinawa Island, Central Riu Kiu Group. 



Named in honour of Dr. L. Stejneger of the United States 

 National Museum of Washington. 



Yungipicus kizuki harterti, subsp. no v. 



Diagnosis. Very similar to Y. kizuki kizuki of Kiusiu, but 

 the width of upper mandible at the base narrower (6-6*5 mm., 

 instead of 6'5-7mm.) ; tail on an average longer (46-51"5 mm., 

 instead of 43-47 mm.) ; tarsus on an average shorter ; inner 

 anterior toe shorter {7-5-8 mm. instead of 8-8'5 mm.) ; and 

 inner posterior toe also shorter (4'5-5 mm., instead of 

 5-5'5 mm.). It also differs from Y. kizuki amamii of 

 Amami-oshima,by the shorter culmen (15'5-16*5 mm., instead 

 of 16*5-18 mm.) ; the upper mandible at base narrower 

 {6-6'5 mm., instead of 7'5-8 mm.); by the wing being 

 shorter (79-83 mm., instead of 80-86*5 mm.); the inner 

 anterior toe shorter (7"5-8 mm., instead of 8-9'5 mm.) ; and 

 by the inner posterior toe also shorter (4*5-5 mm., instead of 

 5-6 mm.). (7 specimens examined.) 



Ti/pe, (^ ad. Miyaooura, Yakushima, one of the largest 

 islands south of Kiusiu, 17. iv. 1922. H. Orii coll. N. 

 Kuroda collection, no. 6782. 



Measurements of three males. Entireculmenl5*5tol6*5mm.; 

 width of upper mandible at base 6*5 ; wing 80 to 83 ; tail 



