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M. OCA WA. 



5. Merula chrysolaus (T.). 



(Akahara). 



Tancgashima : 5 ° specimens collected during Nov. and Dec. 

 Okinawashima : A <£ and a % obtained April 13 and 16 in Shuri. 



6. IVleruIa obscura (6m. 



(Mami-chajinai). 



Tanegashima : A single ^ , elated Yoshidamura Nov. 5. 



7. IVleruIa celaenops yakushimensis, scbsp. nov. 



(Yakushima-akakokko). 



Yakushima : 4 J 1 and 3 ° specimens, all adults, collected October 

 18 — 21 on the mountain called Miyanouradake at an attitude of 1666 

 — 2000 m. 



( liaractcrs. — Like M. cclœnops (Stejx.) from the Seven Islands of 

 Izu, but somewhat larger on the average and generally darker in the 

 color of plumage. 



The males have the upper bill nearly black and the lower bill dark ; 

 whereas in the species from the Seven Islands these parts are respectively 

 dark and yellowish. The black of the head is deeper and the chestnut- 

 red of the breast and abdomen is of a somewhat more intense tone. The 

 females are very much like those of M. echenops, differing only in the 

 slightly darker tone of the color of plumage. 



I believe the form in question deserves to be regarded to be at least 

 subspecifically distinct from the typical M. celœiiops. The measurements 

 are as follows : 



