294 Mr. R. Swinhoe on Formosan Ornithology. 



shorter, and the green of the back is darker, without so much of 

 the yellow tinge. My single specimen I have been able to 

 compare with one sent me by Mr. Blyth ; but I dare say, if I had 

 a series of both, the resemblance would be found to be still more 

 complete. At present 1 do not feel justified in separating them. 

 Our bird, when fresh, had the bill a light wood-brown, paler on 

 the lower mandible, with yellow rictus. Legs light brownish- 

 ochre flesh-colour, the claws being tipped with brown. I never 

 saw this bird alive, and can therefore record nothing of its 

 habits. In form it seems to connect the Willow-wrens [Phyllo- 

 scopus) with the Pycnonoiida. Length 4^ in.; wing .2^ in.; 

 tail 1^ in., of twelve equal feathers ; bill | in. Upper parts 

 yellowish olive-green ; crown-feathers large, with blackish shafts. 

 Shafts of tail-feathers blackish brown. Shafts and inner webs of 

 primary and tertiary quills deep brown, blacker on former. 

 Cheeks and under-plumage brownish grey, more or less whitish. 

 Axillaries, under-edges of quills, and vent greenish yellow. Bill 

 somewhat conically shaped. Legs and feet strong, hind toe 

 remarkably so. 



This species is recorded from Nepal, Arracan, and Malacca, 

 and is probably also found on the mountains of Southern China. 



52. ZosTEROPs SIMPLEX, Swinhoc, P. Z. S, 1862, p. 317. 



Z.japonicus, mihi. Ibis, 1861, p. 35. 



Length 4 in. ; wing 2^^ in. ; tail 1^ in., of twelve nearly equal 

 feathers. Bill and legs leaden or slate-colour. Iris blackish 

 brown. A ring of white feathers round the eye. Upper parts 

 yellowish green, yellower on the head. Forehead, throat, under- 

 neck, and vent sulphur-yellow. Axillaries white. Under-parts 

 light brownish grey, with sometimes a ruddy tinge diffused. 

 Quills and tail dark hair-brown, margined exteriorly with 

 yellowish green. Under-edges of quills and under-shafts of 

 quills and rectrices white. 



This species may be at once distinguished from the Northern 

 Chinese species* by the absence of the deep rust-colour on 

 the flanks and sides of breast, by its smaller size, and by the 



* The Zosterops of N. China (Z. erythropleurus, mihi) is not identical 

 with the Japanese species, as I have recently ascertained. See P. Z, S. 

 1863, May 26th.— R. S. 



