170 LIST OF DIURNAL BIKDS OF PKEY. 



this large race taken by myself from specimens obtained 

 in different localities not far removed from the Himalayan 

 range : — 



TXT- m Middle 



Wmg. Tarsug. ^^^ ^ ,^^ 



in. in. in. 



Sciude 8-25 2-10 1-50 



Sikkim 8-40 2-40 1-55 



Ditto 8-50 210 1-60 



Nepal 8-05 2-15 1-55 



Ditto 8-10 2-20 1-50 



Assam 8-40 2-40 1-55 



I have also measured the following specimens from For- 

 mosa in the Norwich Museum and in the collection of 

 Mr. Seebohm, who has kindly lent me his examples : — 



It is remarkable that while the only Formosan female I 

 have seen is larger than any of the Himalayan females above 

 referred to, the Formosan males are, on the contrary, smaller 

 than the Himalayan, though, with one exception, they exceed 

 in size the males of the typical A. virgatus. 



This female from Formosa, which is preserved in the 

 Norwich Museum, agrees generally with Mr, Sharpens 

 description, which I have quoted above, of a female from 

 Native Sikkim; but the following particulars as to the 



