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February, and saw during the spring a few other small 

 Shrikes, whieh appeared to be of this species, 



38. NiLTAVA CYANOMEL^NA (Temm.). 



A female shot in a wood on North Hill on 28th October. 



39. Hypothymis azurea (Bodd.). 



A common resident species in Northern as in Southern 

 Formosa. I noticed it at Hobe in the spring, and believe 

 that, like H. nigerrimus, a few pairs come to breed about 

 the settlement. 



40. Hemichelidon sibirica (Gm.). 



One shot on North Hill on 'Jtth November. 



41. Tarsiger cyanurus (Pall.). 



A young male shot on North Hill on 28th October. One 

 or two others were seen in the district. 



42. HiRUNDO GUTTURALIS ScOp. 



I believe that this Swallow winters in Formosa in some 

 numbers. I have seen it in Northern Formosa till late in the 

 year, and it appeared again early in the following spring. 



43. HiRUNDO sTRioLATA Tcmm. & ScM. 



Resident and common in North-western Formosa. The 

 Chinese, in whose houses these Swallows and the Cliimney 

 Swallows breed freely, will on no account allow the nests to 

 be disturbed. 



A pair built their nest in the doctor's verandah at Hobe. 

 It was placed against the back wall where the wall met the 

 ceiling, and was a retort-shaped structure. Both birds 

 worked at the nest. 



The striped Swallows seen in South Formosa (Ibis, 1895, 

 p. 334), and doubtfully referred to H. tiipalensis^ no doubt 

 were of this larger race. 



44^. Cotile sinensis (J. E. Gray). 



Seen on the Taipei-fu plain and near Tokoham in winter. 

 One was shot on 21st February. 



45. ZOSTEROPS SIMPLEX SwiullOC. 



One of the commonest birds in North-western Formosa. 



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