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5. POMATORHINUS ERYTHROCNEMIS. 



Common at Baksa, but not heard at Bangkimtsing. It 

 frequents jungle and brushwood on the hillsides. 

 Baksa name '' Kok kong mai." 



6. Trochalopteron taivanum. 



Abundant everywhere on the plain and lower hills. 

 Stomach of one specimen contained beans or berries, 

 remains of insects, and gravel. 

 Native name " Hoe bi." 



7. MONTICOLA SOLITARIUS. 



Baksa valley and Bangkimtsing. Extremely abundant at 

 Takow ; Fisher Island (Pescadores). 

 Bangkimtsing name " Phu kbit.'' 



8. RUTICILLA AUROREA. 



Bangkimtsing, Takow. 



9. Calliope kamschatkensis. 

 (J . Bangkimtsing. 



10. NOTODELA MONTIUM. 



This bird frequents the underwood in the forest on Capiang 

 Hill, Bangkimtsing, alt. 1300 ft. to 2000 ft. It is active 

 and rather shy, somewhat resembling in its ways the Blue- 

 tailed Warbler {Tarsiger cyanurus). I never saw more than 

 one at a time, and did not see any females. One specimen 

 (15th Nov.) was just finishingits moult. 



Stomach of one bird contained remains of a caterpillar. 



11. Prinia sonitans. 



I believe that I heard this bird in the Baksa valley. 



12. Prinia inornata. 



Common. One of two shot on Apes' Hill, Takow, has the 

 tail-feathers still in the shaft. 



13. CisTicoLA, sp. inc. 

 Takow plain. 



14. Cettia (Horornis) squamiceps. 

 Bangkimtsing (forest and valley). 



