334 Mr. J. D. de La Touche on 



33. BUCHANGA ATRA. 



One of the most striking features of the bird-life of South 

 Formosa^ as compared with that of the opposite mainland, is 

 the abundance of the Black Drongos. These birds are found 

 everywhere, and in the plain take up the part played by the 

 Crested Mynali {Acrid, cristatellus) in South China. Like the 

 Mynahs, they attend cattle in the fields, using in the marshes 

 the back of these animals as a perch. Near the sea they 

 develop aquatic tastes, for I saw one, one day, pouncing 

 on fish in a creek. The stomach of a specimen shot at 

 Anping contained water-beetles and the head of a small fish. 

 Further inland they are abundantly distributed over the flat 

 country, valleys, and lower hills, and I even saw them on the 

 top of Capiang Hill (alt. about 2000 ft.). On the coast 

 of Fukien and about Swatow, where the Mynahs are so 

 abundant, they are uncommon. 



The native name is " O chhiu.^^ 



34. Pericrocotus griseigularis. 



Common in the forest on Capiang Hill, Bangkiratsing. 

 Stomach of a specimen contained flies. 



35. Lanius schach. 

 Common on lowlands. 



Bangkimtsing names "'Lau ba'' and ''Pit lo chian." 



36. Lanius lucionensis. 



One young bird shot at Baksa. I noted at Takow small 

 brown Shrikes, which were probably of this species. 



37. Myiagra azurea. 



Abundant on the lowlands and at Baksa (hills and valley) . 

 Frequents bamboo-jungle &c. on lower hills and bamboo- 

 hedges in villages. Not noticed in forest. Its cry and ways 

 remind one of the Paradise Flycatchers, Tchitrea incii and 

 T. princeps. 



38. HiRUNDO GUTTURALIS. 



Seen on the plain. 



39. HiRUNDO NIPALENSIS ? 



Many were seen at Takow and Bangkimtsing, but not 

 obtained. 



