Notes on Mr. Alan Owston's Collection of Birds 

 from the Islands lying between 

 Kiushu and Formosa. 



(With Descriptions of Three New Species and 

 Three New Subspecies). 



BY 



M. Ogawa. 



With Plates IX— XI. 



In the period of May to December, 1904, that interesting chain of 

 islands stretching between Kiushu and Formosa and including the 

 Loochoo Islands, formed the seat of ornithological labors by the collectors 

 expressly sent thither for the purpose by Mr. Alan Owston of Yokohama. 

 The collecting party consisted of Messrs. M. Osa and T. Osada. The 

 islands visited, in the order of their succession from north to south, were 

 as follows : 



1. Tanegashima. Nov. 2 — Dec. 6. 



2. Yakushima. Sept. 23 — Nov. 1. 



3. Kikaigashima, E. of Amami-Oshima. A few days spent on the 



island in Sept. 



4. Amami-Öshima. Aug. 22 — Sept. 10. 



5. Tokunoshima. Aug. 5 ; Aug. 10 — 21. 



6. Okino-Erabushima. Aug. 7. 



7. Okinawashima. April 10 — May 21 and July 17 — 31. During the 



first stay a visit was made to Kudaka, E. of Okinawashima ; and 

 during the second, excursions were made to some other outlying 

 islands of the Okinawa Group, viz., Iheya, Izena, Yagachi and 

 Jamami. 



8. Miyakojima. July 4 — 16. 



9. Ishigakishima. May 23 — June 14 and July 1 — 4. 



