DESCRIPTIONS OF FIVE NEW FORMS OF BIRDS FROM 
DAGELET AND QUELPART ISLANDS. 
BY 
NAGAMICHI KURODA, Rigalushi, M. 0.8. J. 
AND 
TAMEZO MORI, M.0.S. J. 
Dryobates leucotos takahashii, subsp. nov. 
Oharaeters- 一 Near to D, lewcotos subcirris Stejneger of Japan, but with distinctly less stout and smaller bill 
and shorter wing and tarsus; the spots on wing feathers larger and pure white; the ear-coverts whiter almost 
without buffy colour ; ramp somewhat whiter ; the black streaks on both side of breast wider and more distinct ; the 
width of tail-feathers narrower; the throat and other pale parts of body silvery white, is not shaded with a buffy 
colour; the front patch white and only very faintly tinged with buffy. 
Type.—Collection of the Seoul Higher Common School (specimen no. 2). Adult male. Yakinzan, Dagelet 
Is. or Matsushima or Utsurioto, one of the easternmost islands of Corea in the Sea of Japan. April 20, 1920. 
Collected by Mr. Y。 Takahashi, collector of the same school. 
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