410 Mr. R. Swinlioe on Amoy Ornithology. 



bluish-black claws. Irides liazel-ochre. Cere, basal edge of upper 

 mandible and half of lower, inside of mouth, rictus, and lores 

 bluish-white ; culmen of cere faintly tinged with yellow. Apical 

 portion of bill black, fading towards the middle. Tongue flesh- 

 coloured, uniformly broad, and deeply sulcated down the middle. 

 Tarse feathered in front for nearly half its length. Skin round 

 the eye, or eyelids, blackish -brown. Ear-coverts and a narrow 

 supercilium rich blackish-brown. Ear-covert large, horizontally 

 oval, and placed well behind line of eye. Besides small lice, the 

 feathers harboured a species nearly half an inch long. 



Tracheal rings narrow, with wide membranous interspaces ; 

 lower larynx composed of three partly split, open rings meeting 

 in an angle in front ; bronchi formed of half rings, with only 

 membrane on lower surface. Body fat and greasy. Testes '7 

 by 'IS in., pointed at upper end, blunt and thicker at lower; 

 right one a good deal the smaller. Proventriculus long and 

 smooth. Stomach an oval fleshy sac, without much muscle. 

 Two egg-shaped cseca "S by '15 in. occur in the intestine about 

 2"25 in. from anus. Intestine "3 to "5 in. thick, and somewhat 

 long. 



The Spilornis that I had alive raised and depressed the occi- 

 pital part of his crest only, and looked full at me. It seems to 

 be the same as the Formosan 



Spilornis hoya. ^ nearly adult. Length 28*5 in. ; wing 

 19'5 in., tip of closed wing to end of tail 1"5 in. Breadth of 

 back 6*75 in. Tail 12*5 in., somewhat graduated and rounded. 

 Legs dusky-ochre, much lighter on the toes and soles, the 

 hexagonal scales of the tarse and basal half of toes having a 

 whitened or scurfy appearance. Large scutes occur toward the 

 extremities of the toes. Claws large, blue-black. Tarse very 

 long, toes very short. Chin and face black. Under parts 

 lighter than in Formosan bird, with more numerous and perfect 

 spots. Irides, skin round eye, lores, cere, rictus, and base of 

 lower mandible opposed to cere fine bright yellow. Outer ring 

 of iris and outward corner of eye black. Eyelids brown, with 

 strong eyelashes both above and below. Strong black bristly 

 hairs also on lores, cere, and chin. Basal third of bill proper 

 light leaden, apical two-thirds black, browner towards middle 



