12. THOCHALOPTERUM. 377 



Pterocyclus taivanufi, Gray,Ha)i(l-l. B. i. p. 283, no. 4194 (1869). 

 Leucodiopteron taivanum, Sicinh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 371 ; David 1^ 

 Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 190 (1877). 



Adult. General colour above olivaceous brown, more fulvescent on 

 the rump and upper tail-coverts, the mantle somewhat washed with 

 ashy ; wing-coverts like the back ; quills brown, externally oliva- 

 ceous brown, lighter on the outer web of the primaries ; tail-feathers 

 dark sepia-brown, barred across under certain lights, and washed 

 with ashy olive on the margins of the feathers ; crown of head 

 dusky black, the feathers edged with ochraceous buff, much brighter 

 on the forehead and over the eye, the feathers being narrowly edged 

 with black and having a scaly appearance ; hind neck a little more 

 ashy fulvous than the back, the feathers mesially streaked with 

 black ; lores and base of cheeks tawny ; ear-coverts brown, with 

 obscure longitudinal markings of black ; cheeks, throat, and fore 

 neck tawny buff, narrowly streaked with black shaft-stripes ; centre 

 of body ashy grey ; lower abdomen, thighs, and under tail-coverts 

 fulvous-brown ; sides of breast and flanks ochraceous brown ; axil- 

 laries like the breast : under wing-coverts light tawny buff'; quills 

 dusky brown below, tawny buff along the inner web. Total length 

 9 inches, culmen 0-95, wing 3-6, tail 4-3, tarsus 1-5. 



Hah. Island of Formosa. 



a. Ad. sk. S.W. Formosa, 18G1 {R. Grould Collection. 



Swinhoe). 



b. Ad. sk. S.W. Formosa. R. Swinhoe, Esq. [C. 



c. Ad. sk. N. Formosa, 1862. R. Swinhoe, Esq. 

 (/. Ad. sk. N. Formosa. H. C. Hobson, Es 



e. Ad.sk. Formosa, December 1863 H. Seebohm, Esq. 



(-R. Swinhoe). 



f. Ad.sk. N. Formosa, 1862 {R. F. D. Godman and O. Sal- 



Swinhoe). vin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



(J. Ad. sk. Gholoshan, Formosa, No- H. Seebohm, Esq. 



vember 1865 {R. S.). 



24. Trochalopterum lineatum. 



Cinelosoma lineatum, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 56. 



Cinclosoma setiferum, llodgs. Asiaf. Research, xix. p. 148 (1836) • 



id. Icon, ini'd., Passeres, pis. 171, 173 «. tig. 3 (no. 317). 

 • Garrulax lineatus, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xii. p. 951 (1843), xiii 



p. 391 (1844), xiv. p. 599 (1845). 

 Garrulax setifer, Bhjth, J. A. 8. Beng. xii. p. 951 (1843). 

 Trochalopteron setifer, Hodgn. in Grag's Zool. Misc. p. 83 (1844) • 



Gray, Cat. Mamm. etc. Nepal pres. Hodgs. p. 84 (1846). 

 Pterocvclus lineatus, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 226 (1846) ; Bj). Consp. i. 



p. 372 (1850) ; Ilorsf. |- Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. i. p 209 



(1854); Gray, Ilayi'd-l. B. i. p. 283, no. 4187 (1869). 

 Garrulax lineatus, Bhjth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 97 (1849). 

 Trochalopteron lineatum, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 368 (1863) ; id Ibis 



1872, p. 308 ; Cock .V Marsh. Str. F. 1873, p. 352 ; HumeS,- Henders. 



Lahore to Yark. p. 195, pi. 8 (1873); Hume, Nests S^- Eggs Ind 



B. p. 264 (1873); Brooks, Str. F. 1875, p. 238; Hume', Str F'. 



1879, p. 97 ; Biddulph, Ibis, 1881, p. 34 ; Scully, t. c. p. 440. 



Esq. [C.]. 

 Esq. [C.I. 

 1, Esq. [P.]. 



