A LiST OF THE BlRDS IN THE LiU-KlU ISLANDS, JAPAN. 1^1 



28. TURTUR ORIENTALIS (Lath.) (159) 



Tuitur rupicola Cassin, Pr. Ph. Ac, 1862, p. 320. — T. orien- 

 talis Seebohm, t. c, p. 179. — T. gelastes Namiye, in litt. 



29. MEGASCOPS ELEGANS (Cass.) 

 Stejneger, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1886, p. 639. 



30. MEGASCOPS SEMITORQUES (Schleg.) (304) 

 Scops semitorques Seebohm, t. c., p. 174. 



ji. NINOX JAPONICUS (Temm. & Schi.) (298)? 



Seebohm, t. c., p. 174 (on Pryer's authorityj. Mr. Namiye, in 

 letters to me, adds a query to the name, as if uncertion as to the 

 identity. 



32. FALCO PEREGRINUS ORIENTALIS (Gmel.) (323) 

 Falco peregrinus Namiye, in litt. 



33. EURYSTOMUS ORIENTALIS (Lin.) (178) 



Mr. Namiye informs me of the capture in the «Liu-Kiu pre- 

 fecture» of a Broad-billed Roller which he calls «£. australish) It is 

 probably the above species. 



34. ALCEDO BENGALENSIS Gmel. (175) 



Cassin, Perry's Exp. Jap., II, p. 242. — Id., Pr. Ph. Ac., 1862 

 p. 3 1 8. — Namiye, in litt. — A. ispida bengalensis Seebohm, t. c.,p. 1 76. 



35. HALCYON MAJOR (Temm. & Schi.) (177) 



H. coromanda Seebohm, t. c, p. 176. — Namiye, in litt. 



36. YUNGIPICUS NIGRESCENS Seebohm. 



Jyngipicus kquki nigrescens Seebohm, t. c., p. 177. — This is a 

 very interesting novelty, obtained by Mr. Pryer. It is said to be 



