310 Mr. R. Switihoe on Formosan Oy^nithology. 



be known henceforth to refer to my long-lost acquaintance, 

 which I now beg leave to introduce as 



Stachyrhis PRiECOGNiTus^ sp. nov. 



Olivaceus, cauda absque fuscioribus ; corona) plumis crispis, semi- 

 erectis, rufis ; gala tenuiter striata et cum pectore ventris- 

 que medio sordide aureis ; carpis axillaribusque ilavescenti- 

 albis; rostro pedibusque plumbeis. 



Long. tot. 4'1, alse 2*2, caudse 1'6, tarsi '7 poll. 



Bill plumbeous, very \\Vt i\\dX o^ Zosterops simplex, but longer. 

 Legs Timaliine, long and strong, light plumbeous-brown, with a 

 wash of yellow, especially on the nails. Feathers of the crown 

 somewhat stiif, semierect, and dull flammeous, glistening in the 

 light. Eyelid black. Iris reddish hazel. Above olivaceous, 

 browner on the wings and tail, which have their stems and inner 

 webs deeper-coloured ; the two central rectrices the same on both 

 webs, and all the tail-feathers faintly barred. Under parts 

 dingy golden, olivaceous on all but the throat, breast, and middle 

 of belly. Axillaries white, tinged with yellow, especially on the 

 carpal edge. The inner web of many of the quills more or less 

 edged with white tinged with yellow, making a partly whitish 

 under-wing. Vibrissse few at gape, but numerous and black on 

 chin. Throat with a few black streaks. Claws curved, blunt, 

 and laterally cultrated ; outer toe longer than inner ; hind toe 

 and claw large. The third and onward quills broad ; first to 

 fourth graduated ; fifth to seventh nearly equal and longest ; first 

 shorter than longest, about "8. Rectrices twelve in number, broad 

 and graduated, outermost about "4 inch shorter than the middle 

 ones. General feathers soft and fluffy. Bill nearly "5 inch, 

 straight and Zostei'opine. In the striation of its throat, and in 

 many other respects, this species seems to bear relation to Mix- 

 ornis rubicapillus, Tickell ; but the bill of that is more Turdine. 

 Its closest ally is Stachyrhis chrysea, Hodgson (Jerdon, ' Birds 

 of India,' ii. p. 23), with which in company it might be ranked 

 under a distinct genus, and not associated with the other species 

 of Stachyrhis as at present constituted ; but where the new genus 

 should stand is not so easily settled. This species certainly has 

 affinities with Myzornis, Flei-pornis, Zosterops^ and lora ; but I 



