654 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.48. 



ENTOMOTHERA COROMANDA BANGSI,* new subspecies. 



Chars, subsp. — Resembling Entomoihera coromanda ochroihorectis, 

 but tail decidedly longer; bill shorter; coloration darker, particu- 

 larly below; upper parts and breast more brightly suffused with 

 magenta. 



Description. — Type, adult male, No. 40990, Museum of Compara- 

 tive Zoology; Ishigaki Island, Yaeyama Group, Riu Kiu Islands, 

 Japan, April 23, 1899; Ishidi Zensaku. Upper surface, including 

 sides of head and neck, rather dull cinnamon rufous, the wings and 

 tail darker, between hazel and chestnut brown; everywhere more or 

 less suffused with magenta, most conspicuously on cervix, crown, 

 back, scapulars, and wing-coverts; a long, broad stripe on the middle 

 of the rump and lower back, silvery bluish white; lower parts mostly 

 cinnamon rufous, paling somewhat on the median portion posteriorly, 

 passing into ochraceous buff on the chin, and deepening to tawny on 

 the breast and lining of wings; the breast somewhat tinged with 

 magenta. 



Measurements. — Male: 2 Wing, 117.5-126.5 (average, 123.6) mm.; 

 tail, 68-79 (74.8); exposed culmen, 48-56.5 (52); tarsus, 16.3-18.5 

 (17.5); middle toe, 19-22 (20.9). 



Female: 3 Wing, 117.5-123.5 (121.5) mm.; tail, 72.5-75 (74.3); 

 exposed culmen, 46.5-55 (50); tarsus, 16.8-18 (17.4); middle toe, 

 19-21.3 (20.2). 



Type-locality. — Ishigaki Island, Yaeyama Group, Riu Kiu Islands, 

 Japan. 



Geographical distribution. — Riu Kiu Islands, Japan, and probably 

 also the island of Formosa. 



Bemarlcs. — This new race is of practically the same colors through- 

 out as is Entomoihera coromanda mizorhina from the Andaman Islands, 

 but has a much longer wing and tail, with a decidedly shorter culmen. 

 It resembles Entomoihera coromanda minor, but is much larger through- 

 out, and has somewhat paler lower parts with less of a magenta wash 

 on the breast. Compared with Entomoihera coromanda rufa it is 

 larger, lighter on the lower surface, with less of magenta tinge on 

 breast, sides, and flanks, and has a paler bluish rump-stripe. Dr. L. 

 Stejneger many years ago noticed 4 the difference between the birds 

 from the Riu Kiu Islands and those from Japan, but for lack of mate- 

 rial was unable satisfactorily to work out their relationships. 



In this fine series of 20 adults there is comparatively little indi- 

 vidual variation. Some specimens, however, have a more conspicuous 



i Named for Mr. Outram Bangs, through whose kindness the writer is privileged to publish the present 

 description. 

 i Fifteen specimens, from the Riu Kiu Islands, Japan, 

 s Five specimens, from the Riu Kiu Islands, Japan. 

 4 Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., vol. 10, 1887, p. 403. 



