BIRDS FROM ISLANDS BETWEEN KIUSHO AND FORMOSA I 79 



For the sake of comparison I may here give measurements of 

 G. varia at may disposal. 



Sci. Coll. 

 Sp. No. 



Locality 

 (Hondo) 



Sex. 



L. of bill 



alon^ 

 culmen. 



L. of 

 wing. 



L. of 

 tail. 



L. of 

 tarso- 

 metatarsu s. 



4 



Prov. 



Musashi 



Ad. d» 



30 mm. 



150 mm. 



g6 mm. 



32 mm. 



771 





Sagami 





31 „ 



I 54 » 





33 « 



770 



Tod a 





„ „ 



33 u 



158 ,. 



io3 „ 



34 ■• 



1518 



Prov. 



Musashi 





31 » 



159 » 



iot „ 



32 ■■ 



2398 









31 » 



15t „ 



92 ., 





769 





Shimosa 





33 



161 „ 



99 ». 



34 •• 



773 





Musashi 







158 » 



101 „ 



3 1 » 



772 





Kôtsuke 



? 



33 » 



154 » 



102 ,, 



33 » 









Average : 



31.7 mm. 



154.4 mm. 



100.5 mm. 



32.7 mm. 



3. Merula fuscata (Pall.). 



(Tsugumi). 



Tanegashima : A single £ captured Nov. 26. 



4. Merula pallida (Gm.). 



(Shirohara). 



Tanegashima : 8 specimens, both J* and .£ , obtained in the en.d of 



November and the beginning of December. 

 Yakushima : 2 % specimens, Nov. 28 and 29. 



Amami-Öshima : 7 specimens & £) obtained during Dec. 1904. 



and Jan. 1905 at several spots on the island. 

 Okinawashima : 3 £ specimens obtained April 14 and 16 in the town 



of Shuri. 



