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Stejneger. Further contributions to the Avifauna of the Liu-Kiu 



Islands, Japan, with descriptions of new species. Proc. United 



States Nat. Mus, 1887, pp. 391-415. 



This paper contains important information respecting a collection 



of birds made by Mr. Uishi on the Yaye-yama Islands, the most 



southerly group of the Loo-Choo chain. An alleged new species of 



Rail is described as Poreana phmopyga, which seems to be an 



immature example of Crex fusca. A new species of Crex allied to 



Crex mandarina is described as Euryzona sepiaria. An alleged new 



species of Turtle-Dove is described as Turtur stimpsoni, apparently 



an example of Turtur orientalis. The true home of Erithacus koma- 



dori has been at last discovered. 



Stejneger. Review of Japanese Birds. — VI. The Pigeons. Proc. 

 United States Nat. Mus. 1887, pp. 416-429. 

 This paper is valuable, inasmuch as it contains a careful and 

 minute description of the type of Columba versicolor described by 

 Kittlitz from the Bonin Islands, and also of an example of Carpo- 

 phaga ianthina, also obtained by Kittlitz on the Bonin Islands — 

 both specimens being preserved in the Museum of the Imperial 

 Academy of Science in St. Petersburg. The latter is made the type 

 of a supposed new species, lanthmnas nitens. 



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

 the Islands of Idzu, Japan. Proc. United States Nat. Mus. 

 1887, pp. 482-487. 

 This short paper contains two very important statements. An 



entirely new species of Merula is described as Turdus celmnops ; and 



the breeding-grounds of the very rare Guillemot Alca wumizusume 



are pointed out. , 



Stejneger. Description of a New Species of Fruit-Pigeon {lan- 

 thcmas jouyi) from the Liu-Kiu Islands, Japan. The American 

 Naturalist, 1887, pp. 583-584. 

 The species described in this paper appears to be a very well- 

 marked one. 



Stejneger. Review of Japanese Birds. — VII. The Creepers. Proc. 

 United States Nat. Mus. 1887, pp. 606-611. 

 In this paper the two races of the Common Creeper found in the 

 Japanese Islands are discussed. 







