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Hypsipetes amaurotis magntrostris, n. subsp. 



Nearest to H. amaurotis squamiceps from the Bonin 

 Islands, but having the bill considerably stronger, the colour 

 of the upperside apparently paler and the throat less rufous ; 

 the two last-named differences are not very noticeable, the 

 series of the new form being in very worn plumage. 



Type: <£, S. Dionisio, Volcano Islands, 16. v. 1904; col- 

 lected by a Japanese bird-hunter employed by Mr. Alan 

 Owston. 



The following forms of Hypsipetes are now known from 

 the islands of the Japanese Empire : — 

 Hypsipetes amaurotis hensoni : Yesso. 



„ „ amaurotis : Hondo and Kiusiu. 



„ „ pryeri : Loo Choo Islands. Probably 



each island of this group will be found to have a different 

 form, but material from the various islands has apparently 

 not yet been compared. 



Hypsipetes amaurotis squamiceps : Bonin Is. 



„ „ magnirostris : Volcano Is., south of 



Bonin. 



Mr. E. Bidwell, through the kindness of Mr. Herbert 

 W. Grace, of Hallgarth, Winlaton-on-Tyne, was enabled 

 to exhibit a specimen of the Yellow Warbler [Dendroeca 

 (estiva (Gmel.)] obtained in Great Britain. Mr. Grace 

 had furnished the following particulars : — 



" This bird was picked up on the Newcastle and Shotley 

 Bridge Road, near Axwell Park, in the county of Durham, 

 in the second or third week of May 1904. It was taken by 

 the lad who found it to Mr. John Walker, a bird-stuffer at 

 Bladon, who set it up and sold it to my game- watcher's 

 son, from whom I bought it. I have my information from 

 Mr. Walker. The bird was quite fresh when he bought it, 

 and had a broken leg, supposed to have been caused by 

 flying against a telegraph-wire. 



" The Yellow Warbler is distributed throughout North 

 America, except in the south-western part, and breeds 



