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brownish grey. The rest of the upper parts of a reddish sepia, 

 instead of olive. Its belly and throat are whitish, and the 

 remaining under-parts much browner than in the adult. In 

 general character of colouring our bird agrees with Liothrix 

 {Alcippe) nipalensis ; but on comparing my large series with a 

 specimen of that bird from Mr. Gould's collection, I note the 

 following constant distinguishing characters. Our bird has the 

 bill much longer and more slender ; the tarse a good bit shorter, 

 and the feet stronger; the tail less graduated. Ours wants the 

 strong white patch in front of the eyes; the under-parts are 

 much more brightly washed with ochreous ; the axillaries are fine 

 ochreous instead of pure white, and the upper parts are more 

 rufescent olive. Otherwise the similarity is very great; but 

 nevertheless, as the differences above given are constant, I have 

 thought myself justified in separating our bird, and have named 

 it after my friend Captain Morrison, who was for some time 

 with me in Formosa, and assisted me in my investigations in the 

 cause of science. 



Independent of the above species, Formosa produces another 

 of this genus, 



55. Alcippe brunnea, Gould, P. Z. S. 1862, p. 280. 



This is a larger and browner bird than the preceding, with 

 larger bill, but has the same black double streak on the back of 

 the neck. The sexes appear to be similar, as in the foregoing. 

 Bill greyish black. Legs and claws yellowish brown, with a 

 strong tinge of yellow. This is also a mountain bird, and not 

 observed on the plains. Its legs are much stronger, and its 

 nails, especially the hind one, larger and more straightened. Its 

 tail, too, is much more graduated, the outermost feather being 

 j^ in. shorter than the central, and all the feathers narrowing 

 to their tips. The fifth quill is a little longer than the sixth. 

 Length 5 j^ in.; wing 2^ ; tail 2^^ ; tarse |. Upper parts reddish 

 sepia, the feathers of the head being large, rounded, and ob- 

 scurely margined with black. A broad deep-black line runs 

 from the head, above the eye, down each side of the hind-neck. 

 Wings and tail sepia-washed, and edged with a deep-reddish 

 tinge of same. Chin, loral space, and round the eye rufescent. 



