On neiv and little-known Birds from Formosa. 211 



PODICIPES CRISTATUS (Linti.) . 



Several pairs of Great Crested Grebes frequented the 

 Etang d'Entressen, in the central portion of the Crau, 

 which afforded a suitable haunt, the water being deep and 

 fringed here and there with reed-beds. 



XVI. — Oji some new and little-known Species of Birds 

 from Formosa. By Henry Seebohm. 



(Plate VI.) 



Mr. Holst has been a year or more in the island of Formosa, 

 and so long as he remained near the coast his collections 

 contained nothing of special interest. He has not yet suc- 

 ceeded in ascending Mount Morrison, but a small collection 

 from the outlying spurs of the range may be regarded as the 

 first-fruits of a rich harvest which awaits any ornithologist 

 who may make a collection in the above island at a few 

 thousand feet above sea-level. 



Parus holsti, sp. nov. (Plate VI.) 



I have great pleasure in naming this very handsome and 

 distinct new species of Tit after its discoverer. It belongs 

 to the subgenus Machlolophus, with a conspicuous crest and 

 a white nuchal spot. In addition to the white nuchal patch, 

 the greater wing-coverts and tertials are tipped with white, 

 the outer web of the outermost tail-feather on each side is 

 white, and all the rectrices are tipped with white. The 

 upper parts are greenish metallic blue, duller and bluer on 

 the quills. The whole of the underparts and the lores and 

 ear-coverts are bright yellow. 



Length of wing 2"9 inches, tail 2\, culmen 0' 1, tarsus 0*8. 

 Bill black, legs and feet pale greyish blue, irides brown. 



E/ALLTNA FORMOSANA, Sp. nOV. 



This apparently new species of Rail was procured on the 

 15th November, and may possibly be not quite adult. The 

 upper parts are dark chocolate-brown ; the throat — which is 

 slightly damaged — may be whitish ; the breast-feathers are 



