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new subspecies of Nuthatcli from Yezzo is described as Sitta amur- 

 ensis clara, but it seems hardly worthy of recognition. 



Stejneger. Review of Japanese Birds. — III. Rails, Gallinules, and 

 Coots. Proc. United States Nat. Mus. 1886, pp. 395-408. 



This paper adds little to the previous knowledge of the subject. 



Stejneger. On a Collection of Birds made by Mr. M. Namiye in 

 the Liu-kiu Islands, Japan, with descriptions of New Species. 

 Proc. United States Nat. Mus. 1886, pp. 634-651. 



This is a most important paper. The occurrence of a Turnix on 

 the Loo-Choo Islands is most interesting. Treron permagna is a 

 new species of Fruit-Pigeon very closely allied to Treron formosce. 

 Scops elegans, previously known only from one or two examples, is 

 established as a good species. Hypsipetes pryeri is a small race of 

 Hypsipetes squamiceps. Erithacus namiyei is a species of Robin very 

 closely allied to Erithacus komodori, Hirundo namiyei is probably 

 a subspecies of Hirundo javanica. Pericrocotus tegimm is a new 

 species of Minivet allied to Pericrocotus cinereus. The occurrence 

 of Parus castaneoventris on the Loo-Choo Islands is very interesting. 



Blakiston. Water-Birds of Japan. Proc. United States Nat. Mus. 



1886, pp. 642-660. 



This paper is an analysis of the Water-Birds of Japan, which are 

 divided into four groups : those which are circumpolar, those which 

 range across the Palsearctic Region, those which are confined to the 

 eastern half of Asia, and those which are found on both shores of 

 the Pacific. 



Seebohm. On the Bullfinches of Siberia and Japan. Ibis, 1887, 

 pp. 100-103. 



In this paper an attempt is made to fix the respective ranges of 

 the various species and subspecies of the genus Pyrrhula which occur 

 in Siberia and Japan. 



Seebohm. Notes on the Birds of the Loo-Choo Islands. Ibis, 



1887, pp. 173-182. 



This is a very important paper, the greater part of it being written 

 from information supplied by Mr. Pryer, who visited the Loo-Choo . 



