1 6 oberhoIvSEr: spizixidae, new family of birds 



salient angle obtuse, much more than a right angle; its anterior upper 

 edge strongly convex to tip of bill. 



Type. — Spizixos semitorques Swinhoe. 



Remarks. — ^This new genus contains two nominal species. Spixizos 

 semitorques Swinhoe, from eastern China, and Spizixos cinereicapillus 

 Swinhoe from Formosa. The latter is, however, although confined to 

 the island of Formosa, clearly but a subspecies of the former, as its indi- 

 vidual variation indicates. The forms of the present genus, therefore, 

 stand as: Cophixus semitorques semitorques (Swinhoe), Cophixus semi- 

 torques cinereicapillus (Swinhoe). 



