Type: Possibly male, a live specimen at examination on Oct. 22, 1970. Six years and fivemonths old. Collected on May 4, 1964 as new-born chick by Mr. K. Yonamine on Minamidaito I., Borodino Is. and has been reared and being kept alive by Mr. Masao Oshiro in Naha City, Oki-nawa I.
Measurements: Total L. 470mm, Wing Exp. 1050mm, Wing 330mm (Natural), 340mm (Pres-sed), Tarsus 64mm, Culmen 31mm (Entire), 24mm (From cere). For comparison, the measurements in 10_??__??_, 6_??__??_ of japonicus (from Japan) are: Wing (Natural) _??__??_ 348-368 (Av. 354. 5)mm, _??__??_ 363-373 (Av. 367. 6)mm; Tail _??__??_ 187-210 (Av. 195.6)mm, _??__??_ 205-210 (Av. 207.5)mm (Measured by the author).
Description: Similar to Bnteo buteo japonicus as a whole, but is generally more reddish, the tectrices and rectrices being almost chestnut color with distinct regular dark bands. The sides of head, supercilliaries and ear-coverts, as well as foreneck at crop region are distinctly tawny buff.The typical japonicus is buffy white in these regions, and wings and tail lack chestnut color(though there is a weak wash of this color on primaries) and with less regular dark bands, the tail being usually uniformly pale greyish brown. However, the flank pattern is of japonicus-type (Cf. Photos). There is no similarly reddish and so distinctly banded example among Japanese specimens preserved in Yamashina Institute, and is also different from larger-sized continental reddish and banded phase.
Range: Minamidaito I., Borodino Is. (The first record).
Remarks: Having examined only one bird, it is not clear whether its plumage pattern represents whole Minamidaito population. However, it is reasonable that a darker (redder) population has been established on this southern island. It is decidedly smaller in size than japonicus. Its subspecific name is dedicated to Mr. Oshiro who has reared it from chick. The nest was found by Mr. Yonamine with three eggs which soon hatched but a late hatched chick had disappeared when he examined the nest three hours later. The two chicks were taken by him and one of them was given to Mr. Oshiro.

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This investigation was carried out to clarify the role of air-sacs in respiration and the paths of air-flow between lungs and air-sacs in some birds.
Birds used for the present investigation were domestic fowl (Gallus domesticus), guinea fowl (Numida meleagris), domestic duck (Anas platyrhyncha), turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), black-eared kite (Milvus migrans), white king dove (Columba livia var. domesticus) and pigeon (Columba livia).
The results obtained are summarized as follows.
I. From the observation of the longevity of white-king dove and domestic fowl under the condition of the artificially destroyed lungs or air-sacs, the following results are obtained. i) When all the air-sacs were destroyed and both the lungs were removed from the ribs, the birds died suddenly. ii) When all the air-sacs were destroyed and the lungs were remained in normal condition, the birds died after a while. iii) The birds with the lungs and some undamaged air-sacs survived always longer than any of the above mentioned cases. iv) The air-flow in bronchi which connect directly to air-sacs changed the direction after the destruction of the air-sacs. These results seem to suggest the following facts. Although lungs can actively ventilate independently of air-sacs, it is impossible to maintain the life of birds for a long time owing to a small quantity of air in the lungs. The ventilation of lungs is promoted by air-sacs. Finally, the direction of the air-flow between lungs and air-sacs is mainly controlled by the air sacs.
II. The following became clear after the measurement of the air-pressure in the air-sacs and bronchi of domestic duck, black eared kite and white-king dove. The change of the air-pressure in those organs is always synchronized with the respiratory movement of the birds. The maximum negative pressure at the most expanded thorax is usually not equal in absolute value to the maximum positive pressure at the contrary position of the thorax.
III. In domestic fowl, domestic duck, turkey, guinea fowl, white king dove and pigeon, the air included in the air-sacs was peculiar to the kind of the air-sacs in the composition such as the rate of O₂ and CO₂. Difference between the expired air and the inspired one in an air-sac, however, was not conspicuously recognized in the composition.
IV. The domestic fowl, domestic duck, turkey, guinea fowl and pigeon were ligated the trachea and opened the interclavicular air sac. The birds under the such condition lived for a long time. The respiratory rate, howewer, increased, and then the air in the air-sacs changed in the composition.
V. In domestic duck and black-eared kite observations through the injection of alminium powder into the air-sacs and the measurment of the air-pressure in the bronchi and air-sacs were ascertained that the direction of the air-flow between the lung and air-sacs was reversed with each phase.

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The following species and subspecies of parrots should be added to the list of live birds imported into Japan during the years from 1963 to 1970.

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In recent years, we have many rare and interesting cage birds imported into Japan which are listed in Japanese, Latin, and English names with some notes as follows. Exclude the members of Psittacidae, Falconidae and Pittidae.

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The following checklist of species or subspecies of birds figured in colour in the Tori is arrenged chronologically rather than taxonomically. No page references are given, as all plates were published as frontispieces for their respective issues. In all, 31 coloured plates have appeared in the Tori from 1915 to 1942. The names of artists are represented in right column.

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This investigation was carried out to provide a comparative anatomical picture of the air sacs between the turkey and the other species of galliformes.
The results obtained are summarized as follows.
As for the connections between lung and air sacs, they were usually eight connections in the domestic fowl, guinea fowl, common pheasant, korean ringnecked pheasant and indian peafowl. The connections in the turkey were usually five. No direct connection of no. 2 posterior ventral secondary bronchus to the posterior thoracic air sac, and direct connection of no. 3 anterior dorsal secondary bronchus and the connections by primary bronchus of a few tertiary bronchi formed by branches of no. 1, 2 and 4 anterior dorsal secondary bronchi to the interclavicular air sac were observed as compared with those in other species.
The cervical air sac of the turkey connected to no. 1 anterior dorsal secondary bronchus, and it connected with m. longus colli on the dorsal side and with oesophagus on the ventral side. The system was the same in the other birds of the galliformes. The cervical air sac of the turkey, however, united strongly with interclavicular air sac, where situated in the both sides between the 13th and the 16th of vertebrae. The interclavicular air sac of the turkey extended to the sternal part of costae, which existed the anterior thoracic air sac in the birds of the galliformes except the turkey.
In the turkey, no posterior thoracic air sac which connected to no. 2 posterior ventral secondary bronchus was seen, and the anterior thoracic air sac was observed in the same region.
The diverticula, interpectoral, axillary and others in the turkey, connected to the interclavicular air sac at the part of dorsal side of pneumatic foramen of coracoideum.
In the turkey air sacs were six as total, cervical (single), interclavicular (single), anteriorthoracic (paired) and abdominal air sac (paired) as compared with those of the other species which were eight (in the case of single cervical air sac) or nine (in the case of paired cervical air sac).
In the method of latex, the supramedulla sacs of the turkey which communicated into the canalisvertebralis through the for. intervertebrale from the air sacs of the out side of vertebrae were not always continued in the canalis vertebralis.
No existance of the supramedulla sacs was noticed in the canalis vertebralis of synsacrum.
In the adult turkey, bones which communicated with air sacs were vertebrae, costae, sternum. coracoideum, scapula, humerus and os coxae.
There was no sign of the air sac in the os femoris of turkey, domestic fowl and guinea fowl, having no pneumatic foramen. In the common pheasant, korean ring necked pheasant, otherwise, the air sac communicated into the os femoris in the existence of pneumatic foramen.

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交配実験は,種の問題を論ずるときに一つの役割を果たす。たとえば2つの個体群が同一種に属しているか否かという問題が生じたとき,二つの個体群間で交配の可否は重要な決め手の一つとなる。特に地域ごとに異なった個体群の場合には顕著である。この報告では飼育下における三元雑種を含む雉類5種の雑種について報告した。

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1970年8月5日から31日まで,ニュー•ギニア島東部地区で鳥類の採集を行ない、21科77種を捕獲したのでここに報告する。

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Two juveniles of the Bonin Gadfly Petrel were caught under ematiated conditions after the Typhoon No. 10 at Teradomari, Santo-gun and Tsubame City, central Niigata, west coast of Japan, August 24 and 26, 1970 (Fig 1).
The species is well known as one of the common pelagic petrels on Pacific Ocean, but rare bird on Japan Sea.
Two records presented here are the 4th & 5th examples in Niigata Prefecture.

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A juvenile black stork was found in Yamanashi Prefecture. Following measurements are shown in mm. Bill 150, Wing 480, Tarsus 170, Tail 210

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