368 Mr. J. D. D. La Touclie 07i the 



I procured several nests said to belong to this species. 

 They all appear to have been placed on bamboos. I have 

 also a clutch of three eggs which I refer to this bird. These 

 are of a very pale greenish-blue, unspotted, and measure 

 0"-7 X 0"-47, 0"'67 X 0"-4G, 0"-64 x 0"-45. The shape is a 

 rather elongated ovate, apex sharp. 



46. Alauda sala Swinh. 



Alauda sala Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 354. 



These Larks are very common iu Northern Formosa. I 

 found a nest on the downs behind our house on 12th May. 

 It contained three fresh eggs. The nest was made of grass 

 closely woven together and worked into the live grass. It 

 was not quite on a level keel, and was partly sheltered on 

 the north-east side by a thin clump of weed. The ground- 

 colour of the eggs is greenish white, and they are thickly 

 speckled with light brown and grey, the specks forming in 

 two of the eggs a fairly distinct ring round the thick end. 

 The shape is a somewhat short ovate. They measure 0" 86 

 X 0"-63, 0"-85 X 0"-63, and 0"-83 x 0"'62. 



47. Emberiza spodocephala Pall. 



This Bunting was very common in Northern Formosa 

 during the winter, and specially so in March and April. 

 Adult males seemed to be more abundant than on the 

 opposite mainland. 



48. "Passer montanus (Linn.). 



A clutch of five eggs of this bird was brought to me at 

 Hobe on 16th June. These eggs are white, with sepia- 

 coloured longitudinal splashes or spots over grey underlying 

 spots, and resemble specimens from Fohkien. 



I have a variety of this Sparrow, shot by a friend at Hobe. 

 In this bird the maroon-brown of the head and upper wing- 

 coverts of the normal bird has become light red, the black 

 markings of the upper back, sides of face, and throat are 

 brown, and the lower back, wings, and tail are of a light 

 buff or pale straw-colour. The bill was reddish, eyes 

 brownish red tarsi and feet pale brownish red. 



