Mr. R. Swinhoe on Amoy Ornithology. 403 



Garrulax sannio, sp. nov. 



Leugtli of skin 8 inches. Bill from forehead "75 in., from gape 

 1"1 in. The other specimen is a trifle smaller, though similarly 

 coloured, and may be a female. Tail 4'4 in., of twelve much 

 graduated feathers, the outer ones being I'l in. shorter than the 

 middle. Wing rounded, 4 inches long, the fifth, sixth, and seventh 

 quills nearly equal and longest. Tarse 1*3 in. Legs and claws 

 large and strong as in G. perspicillaius, a much larger bird, 

 which it resembles in the orange-bufl" of its vent. Bill blackish- 

 brown. Toes and claws the same, of a deeper hue, washed with 

 leaden. Forehead, crown, and ear-coverts deep chocolate-brown, 

 the feathers darker in the middle, and those of the forehead 

 somewhat pointed and erectile ; vibrissse and feathers round the 

 eye black. Lores, broad eyebrow, and broad moustache-streak 

 white. The brown of the head blends with the greyish-olive of 

 the upper parts, which latter is greener near the root of the 

 tail; upper back tinged with chocolate cream-colour. Wings 

 light hair-brown, with dark shafts, pale on edges of inner webs, 

 which, viewed from below, give a reddish-white appearance to 

 the closed under wing. Tertials and outer webs of primaries 

 and secondaries same colour as back, lighter on apical portions 

 of those of the outer primaries, showing in some lights almost 

 white; tertials faintly barred. Tail, two middle feathers red- 

 dish-brown olive, the rest with more or less light blackish-brown ; 

 all with dark shafts and faintly barred. Belly and axillaries 

 buff. Vent orange-buff. Rest of under parts greyish-olive*. 



The large Pericrocotus differs from the female of Dr. Jerdon^'s 

 P. speciosus (B. Ind. i. p. 419) in having the middle tail-feathers 

 deep black, and not grey. Its quills are black, with an oblique 

 band of rich golden-yellow. Its two middle tail-feathers are rich 

 black, the vent with the greater part of its outer web and the 

 tip golden-yellow ; the rest of the feathers golden, with basal por- 

 tions of shafts and oblique basal bands more or less developed^ 



* I saw this new species among the hills on a recent trip up the country, 

 but did not succeed in shooting a specimen. It was m small parties, flying 

 from bush to bush, chattering and uttering a loud call-note, occasionally 

 appearing at the top twig of a bush and erecting the feathers of its head. 

 It was somewhat shy, and in ordinary manners a good deal akin to G. 

 perspicillatiis, 



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