BIRDS FROM ISLANDS BETWEEN KIUSUU AND FORMOSA 



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few names not marked as above are of those forms which are not repres- 

 ented in the collection but were taken before as known through the papers 

 of Stejneger, 1 Seebohm" and Bangs" concerning the avifauna of the Loochoo 

 (or Riukiu) Islands. 



In the Table just referred to, there are listed in all 195 species and 

 subspecies. That number I consider to represent all the forms of birds 

 that are at present known to occur in the whole series of islands stretching 

 between Kiushu and Formosa, including the Loochoos. Previously there 

 have been known no less than 131 forms from the Loochoos and none at 

 all from the more northernly situated islands in the series mentioned. 

 The balance, viz., 64 species and subspecies, may be said to represent the 

 forms now recorded for the first time from the region of the several islands 

 and island groups under question. 



Here I beg to express my sincere thanks to Mr. Alan Owstox who 

 in the most liberal manner placed the entire collection at my disposal for 

 examination. To Professor Isao Ijlma I am under very deep obligation 

 for superintending the work and for revising the manuscript. Further 

 my thanks are due to Mr. Namiye for the valuable advice given me on 

 several occasions. Finally, in the name of the owner of the collection, I 

 beg to tender thanks to Professor MlTSUKURl, to whose kind support, by 

 furnishing the collectors with letters of recommendation to prefectural 

 offices of the parts visited, much of the success of the expedition is due. 



1. Geocichla varia (Pall.). 



(Toratsugumi). 



Tanegashima : One g obtained Dec. r. Completely identical with 

 specimens from Hondo. 



1) Stejneger, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 18S6, p. 634 and 1887, p. 391. 



2) Seebohm, The Birds of the Japanese Empire.— Same in Ibis, 1893, P- 47- 



3) Bangs, Hull. Mus. Comp. Zoo!. Harvard Coll., vol. XXXVI, No. 8, 190t ; p. 255. 



