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differs from the latter by having a very distinct black patch 

 in front o£ and below the eye, the upper parts not so light 

 olive-yellow, the yellow band of middle front replaced by a 

 yellow patch on either side of the forehead, and in having 

 the tarsus on an average a trifle longer. It also differs from 

 Z. palpehrosa yonahuni Kuroda (see Bull. B. 0. C. xliii. 1923, 

 p. 87), by having the tail on an average longer (41-5- 

 46'5 mm. instead of 39-4:l'5 mm.), the tarsus also a trifle 

 longer, a distinct yellow patch on both sides of the forehead, 

 the throat brighter yellow, and in having the upper parts, 

 especially the head, paler and more yellowish in tinge. It 

 further differs from Z. palpebrosa loocliooensis in being 

 larger and in the existence of a yellow patch on either 

 side of the eye. 



Type, S ad. Minami - Daitojima, Borodino Islands, 

 4. X. 1922. H. Orii coll. N. Kuroda collection, no. 7345. 



I have examined 7 males and 4 females. 



Measurements. Exposed culmen, ^ ? , 10' 5-1 1*5 mm. ; 

 entire culmen, S ? j 14*5-15 ; wing, ^ $ , 56*5-61 ; tail, 

 (? ? , 43-46-5 ; tarsus, J ? , 18-19. 



Sittiparus varius orii, subsp. nov. 



Differs from S. varius owstoni in having the general 

 coloration paler, especially the forehead, and the longitudinal 

 stripe on occiput, sides of face, and underparts paler ; wing 

 shorter (73'5-79'5 mm. in males and 71-74 mm. in females), 

 tail and tarsus also on an average shorter. It differs from 

 8. varius amamii in having a distinct chestnut patch on the 

 upper mantle, in the darker coloration of the forehead and 

 sides of face, and in its size. 



Type, S ad. Minami - Daitojima, Borodino Islands, 

 4. X. 1922. H. Orii coll. N. Kuroda collection, no. 7359. 



I have examined 8 males and 4 females from Minami- 

 Daitojima and 2 males from Kita-Daitojima. 



Measurements. Exposed culmen, $ $ , 11*5-13'5 mm. ; 

 entire culmen, S ? , 14-5-15 ; wing, S ? , 71-79-5 ; tail, 

 S ? , 47-56 ; tarsus, S ? , 19-20. 



