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Pycnonotus stnerisis /ormosae subspec. no v. 



Type: 6 ad. Taipili, Formosa, October 180fi (No. 31). Obtained by one of 

 Mr. Alan Osvston's .l.ipariese collectors. 



We have received nearly fifty specimens from Taijiih and Tapposha, Formosa, 

 but it is evidently not fonnd on the higher mountains. 



Of P. sinensis //fdiiaiDis our collectors sent ns eight clutches of eggs. The 

 nests were found aliout ten to twenty feet above the ground in bushes and trees, 

 and from the 2X.'nd to the ;,'8th of May they contained from two to four eggs. Fonr 

 eggs is apparently the full clutch. They measure from 'M x 15 to 21 x IGl, 

 223 X 16 and 22 x 16-9 mm. 



Mr. Ogilvie-Grant has recently received a sjiecirnen of /'. siiii'ihvs siiirnsis from 

 Hainan. Perhaps it has strayed there accidentally or esca[ied from captivity. 



188. Herporuis xantholeuca tyrannulus Swinh. 



nerpnriiis li/raiuiiihis Swinhoe, Jbis ItiTO. p. 347. pi. .\. ; tirant, P. Z. S. I'.IOO. p. 477. 



(J? No-Tai, September 1902 (No. 59). 



2 cJ? Secha, April— May 1902 (No. 59). 



There are three closely allied subspecies of this bird : 



B. X. xantholeuca : E. Himalayas, N.E. Bengal, Burmese countries to Tenas- 

 serim and Malayan Peninsula. 



//. u\ bn/nnesccns : Borneo. 



H. X. tyrannulus : Hainan and Formosa. 



//. X. bnainescens differs from fJ. xantlioleufa xantholeuca in being much more 

 brownish olive above, esjiecially on the head. II. x. tijrannidus is very closely allied 

 to H. x. xantholeuca,, only differing in its being whiter underneath, especially the 

 throat, and in having the ear-coverts of a clearer grey. There is no ajipreciable 

 difference in size. Malaccan examples of //. x. xantholeuca have perliai)s a slightly 

 more brownish tinge on the ear-coverts. Above they agree entirely with Indian 

 specimens. 



Clutches of five eggs said to belong to this bird were found in nests on the 

 ground from May 20 to 28, 1902. The eggs are of a glossless white. Measurements 

 from 13-7 x 11-0 and 14-5 x 114 to 151 x lO-T, 15-5 x 108 and l(i-7 x 10-7 mm. 



189. Turdinulus roberti hainanus subsp. nov. 



3 cJc?, ? Mt. Wuchi, March, April 19U3 (No. 171). 



" Iris walnut-brown ; bill slate-black ; legs and toes drab-grey " (Katsumata). 



Evidently a form of T. roberti roberti from Assam, Cachar and Manipur, from 

 which it differs as follows : 



The lower throat lacks the very consjiicuous blackish triangular spots, the throat 

 being white or with a few dark brown longitudinal marks, and the lower portion 

 dull brown with whitish edges to the feathers. The back, wings and rump are of a 

 brighter brown, the whitish shiifts are more distinctly indicated ; the feathers of 

 the pileum have much more distinct blackish margins. The ear-coverts are of a 

 duller colour, and the rufous line separating them from the throat is absent. 

 Moreover, the bird is smaller: wing 51 — 52.5, culmen 14 — 15, tarsus 21 — 21'0 mm. 

 (Wings of T. r. roberti 53 — 50 ; culmen in old males 16 — 175 mm.) 



Type : 6 Mt. Wuchi, 25. iv. 1903. 



