Breeding bird communities were investigated in the lower montane zone in southern Kyushu Two areas were studied which have the mixed forest of evergreen broad-leaved and coniferou plantation (A) and agricultural land with a patchy mixture of young plantations (B) in the surroundings of Mt. Eboshi (alt. 522 m) near Kagoshima City. Twenty eight species were ob served in area A and 24 in area B, with 20 species common to both areas. Four species hac greater relative densities in area A than area B, and nine species showed the reverse pattern The bird community in area A was composed of a Hypsipetes amaurotis-Parus major-Aegithalos, caudatus-Parus varius association and in area B of a H. amaurotis-Passer montanus-Cettia diphone-Emberiza cioides association. The rank correlation coefficient between area A anc Kirishima (KURODA et al. 1972) was high in relation to both avifauna. The breeding bird corn munity, with a high density of H. amaurotis and low densities of certain typical woodlanc species, such as Ficedula narcissina, Cyanoptila cyanomelana, seems to be the result of the habita being composed of a high proportion of coniferous plantation and young broad-leaved secondar3 forest mixed with plantation