21. poiiATOEHrsrs. 425 



of bro-mi ; centre of breast and abdomen white, the latter streaked -mth 

 reddish brown ; the sides of the body tawny buff, shading off into olive- 

 brown on the flanks ; thighs ashy brown ; under taU-coverts olive- 

 brown ; axillaries and under wing-coverts olive-brown, the latter a 

 little more reddish ; the lower series duU ashy brown Uke the under 

 surface of the quills, which are ashy fulvous along the edge of the 

 inner web ; '•' upper mandible brownish black, under and apical 

 edge of iipper half flesh-white with a wash of lemon, inside of 

 mouth pale lemon flesh-colour ; legs dusky leaden gi'ey, whitish on 

 edge of scales, and claws and toes dingy ochreous grey " (Sivinhoe). 

 Total length 7'3 inches, culmen 1, wing 3-35, tail 3-4, tarsus 

 1-35. 



Considerable difference is shown in the plimiage of this bird in a 

 series of specimens. Some are more ashy on the head and back 

 than others ; and certain individuals have the latter rufous-brown, 

 while the head is also washed with rufous-brown. Again, the black 

 streaks vary very much in breadth on the breast, and are much 

 browner in some individuals than in others. 



Hub. Formosa. 



a. Ad. sk. Takow, Formosa. E. Swinhoe, Esq. [C.]. 



b. Ad. sk. Takow (J. B. Steere). E. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 

 e, d. Ad. sk. N. Formosa (It. Sicinhoe). F. D. Godman and 0. Sal- 



viu, Esqrs. [P.]. 

 e,f. Ad. sk. N. Formosa {R. Swinhoe) Gould Collection. 

 ^,^. Ad. sk. N. Formosa (i?. iSiCTK^oe). Hemy Seebohm, Esq. [P.]. 



Pomatorhinus nigi-ostellatus, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 250 ; id. P. Z. S. 

 1871, p. o71 ; Wardlaiv Hamsai/, Ibis, 1878, p. 139 ; 



17. Pomatorhinus nigrostellatus. 



. 250 ; id 



David 8f 

 Oustakt, Ois. Chine, p. 186 (1877). 



Adult. General colour above reddish olive-brown, the head like 

 the back, from which it is separated by a tolerably well-marked 

 rufous collar ; wing-coverts like the back, but slightly more olive- 

 brown ; the bastard-wing feathers and primary- coverts somewhat 

 more ashy ; quills dusky brown, externally like the back, the mar- 

 gins to the primaries somewhat paler ; tail-feathers dusky brown, 

 with indistinct cross bars under certain lights, the middle feathers 

 washed with olive-brown, as also the others on their margins ; a 

 very distinct white eyebrow from the base of the bill to the sides of 

 the nape ; lores and lower margin of eyelid black ; cheeks and throat 

 white ; lower throat, fore neck, and chest white, thickly streaked 

 with blackish centres to the feathers ; breast chestnut with whitish 

 margins to the feathers, broader on the abdomen, where the centres 

 of the feathers are reddish brown ; flanks, thighs, and under tail- 

 coverts ohve-brown, the former washed with rufous ; axillaries 

 rufous, margined with white ; under wing-coverts ashy brown ; 

 quills dusky brown below, ashy fulvous along the edge of the inner 

 web ; " bill pale ycUow, brownish black on the basal half of the 



