394 Mr. R. Swinhoe on Formosan Ornithology. 



it was marked G. macii. Dr. Jerdon^s descriptions are appa- 

 rently from young individuals. 



Dendrocitta sinensis, var. formosa, in the adult state has a 

 white belly and nearly white rump. These appear to be its chief 

 differences in colouring from the D. sinensis of India. Mr. Blyth 

 says (Ibis, 1865, p. 45) that the Indian D. himalayensis differs 

 from the Chinese bird. Where did he see D. sinensis from China ? 

 I am not aware that the species has ever been procured from that 

 country proper. 



On the 25th of January I got from the central mountains my 

 second Formosan specimen of Herpornis xantholeuca, Hodgson. 

 This strikes me as being even more typical than the one I pro- 

 cured in the neighbourhood of Tamsuy. 



The Chinese Wild Duck that I received from Ningpo some 

 years ago, and which I set down (P. Z. S. 1863, p. 324) as iden- 

 tical with Anas poecilorhyncha of India, by no means answers to 

 Dr. Jerdon's description of that bird. It is of similar style of 

 coloration, but has an ochreous band across the bill like Anser 

 segetum. I think a specimen of it is in my collection at present 

 under the charge of Mr. Tristram. I will name it temporarily 

 Anas zonorhyncha. It is probably the same species that 

 Temrainck notes from Japan as intermediate between A. boschas 

 and A. poecilorhyncha. 



I was up the river the other day with a friend who carried a 

 gun. A Rallus striatus appeared on the bank. My friend shot 

 at it, when it ran and shoved its head into a hole. We picked it 

 up, and found that the only injury it had received was a small 

 shot-wound on the tip of the middle toe of one foot. I brought 

 it home, caged it, and fed it on rice and water, on which it seemed 

 to thrive. It is now alive and well in an aviary at Amoy. 



Temenuchus sinensis, Lanius lucionensis, and Phyllopneuste 

 sylvicultrix pass the winter in Formosa. 



On the 31st of January I received a bird which I name 



SiPHIA INNEXA, Sp. nOV. 



Bill black and Saxicoline in side aspect ; viewed from above, 

 broad at base and narrowing to tip. Legs pale, with a plum- 

 beous tinge • feet Muscicapine, with attenuated tarsus and long- 

 ish claws. Upper parts, sides of breast, and axillaiies dusky 



