Description of a New Subspecies. Of Dryobates 
Texncofos from Quelpart Island. 
By 
Nagamichi Kuroda, Rigakushi 
and 
T'amezo Mori, 
0 of the Natural History in the Seoul 
Higher Common School, 
DRYOBATES LEUCOTOS QUELPARTENSIS, 
: subsp. nov. 
~ Aad. (type of subspecies). Similar to D. leucotos subcirris Stejn. 
of southern Hokkaido and the northern parts of Hondo, Japan, 
but jather smaller in siz2 and darker in the coloration of 
whole body; upper parts less white; the white spots on wing 
feathers much smaller; ear-coverts whiter being more faintly 
tinged with brownish buff; under tail-coverts much deeper red; 
the white area on both upper and under surface much less ful- 
vescent; nasal opening exposed faintly covered with some short 
hairs. Culmen 37mm., wing 145mm., tail 89mm., tarsus 22mm. 
~The type specimen is from Quelpart Island, one of the southern 
くく 
islands of Corea. It was collected by Mr.S. Takahashi, May 
21, 1918, and is now preserved in the Seoul Higher Common 
School. 
Hight more specimens of the present subspecies were ex mined 
by us, They measured as follows. In 34s: culmen 38-41mm., wing 
139-144mm., tail 86-88mm., tarsus 22-23mm. long; and in 529s: 
culmen 86_87mm., wine 140-144mm., tail 86-90mm., tarsus 22-23 
mm. lone. 
The new subspecies is obviously intermediate hetween D. 1. 
subetvris and D. l. nimiyeit of southern Hondo, Shikoku and Kiu- 
siu. In the coloration of feathers it is much nearer to the former 
than to the latter, while in size it is distinctly smaller than 
subcirris but undistinguishable from namiyei. It is decidedly 
distinct from の . 7. leucotos, の. l. uralensis (=D. 1. coreensis) and 
D. 1. Vilfordi. 
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