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M. OGAWA 



121. Limnobaenus phaeopygus (Stein.). 



(Riukiu-Hikuina) 

 Yakushima : i Dec. 10. 



Amami-Öshima : 4 specimens and £); Nov. and Dec. 

 Okinawashima : 1 £ ; April 14, in Naha 



All the specimens slightly darker throughout, when compared with 

 L. f usca obtained in Hondo ; under tail-coverts blacker ; belly mostly (not 

 always) likewise darker and with more distinct and more numerous white 

 bars. None of the specimens show white spots on the outer web of ist 

 primary. It occurs to me doubtful if the specific distinction between 

 pIuTopygus and fusais can be held up in all cases. 



122. Gallicrex cinerea (Gm.). 



A single specimen obtained June 18 in Kohamajima, a small island 

 between Ishigaki and Iriomote. Mr. Osada, the collector, states that he 

 met with many individuals of the species on a rice-field but could secure 

 only one. 



The specimen in hand is sexed ^ but agrees in the coloration of 

 plumage as well as in measurements tolerably well with the description of 

 the female of Gallicrex cinerea as stands in the Brit. Mus. Catalogue, vol. 

 XXIII. In that species the female should be much smaller than the male. 

 Compared with the two young males of G. cinerea at my disposal, the 

 specimens is decidedly smaller and therefore can not be a young, much 

 less an adult, male of the species. I am greatly inclined to think that the 

 sexing of the specimen is an error and that I have before me a female 

 G. cinerea, either young or adult. 



The collector notes that the bill was " grayish yellow," the iris yellow, 

 feet dark blue and claws reddish brown. 



Measurements: Culmen with frontal shield 35mm., wing 158mm., 

 tail 66 mm , tarsus 57mm. and middle toe with claw 80 mm. 



