BIRDS FROM ISLANDS BETWEEN KIL'SIIU AND FORMOSA. 



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58. Picus noguchii Sees. 

 (Noguchigera). 



Okinawashima : Several specimens obtained in April and May on the 

 mountain Nagogatake. The list and measurements are as follows : 



O.C. No. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Sex. 



Culmen. 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Tarsus. 



77S 



Nagogatake 



April 18 



Ad. 3* 



40 mm. 



153 mm. 



103 mm. 



27 mm. 



779 





May 5 





43 .. 



156 



in „ 



25 



781 





1, 10 





43 .. 



152 » 



117 .. 



24 



782 





>. 5 





40 



». 



107 „ 



26 „ 



1099 





» 21 





42 „ 





107 „ 



26 „ 



780 







Ad. £ 



41 » 





112 „ 



27 - 



1098 





„ 10 





39 



154 



III ,, 



28 „ 



59. Picus owstoni sp. nov. 



(Owstongera). 

 PI. X. 



A fine series of this new species was collected in the period of Aug. — - 

 Jan. at several places in the island of Amami-Öshima. The collection 

 contains five young-of-the year. 



Cliaractcrs. Of about the same size as P. leuconotus subcirris of 

 Japan proper or slightly larger. It also resembles that species in color but 

 the white is everywhere very much reduced in extent and the underparts 

 much darker, apparently coming in these respects nearer to the little 

 known P. namiyei of H ondò and to P. insular is of Formosa, both which 

 are however much smaller birds 



Adult g . — Frontal band ill-defined, drabby brown with more or less 

 black hairs; top of head crimson as usual; rest of the upper parts black, 

 excepting a limited number of irregularly disposed, white spots on the 

 lower back. Lores, auriculars and sides of neck drabby brown ; dusky on 



