370 Mr. J. D. D. La Touch e on the 



such desperate fights between the paired birds and the un- 

 mated oue, a female, that I had to keep them separate. 



54. CORVUS MACRORHYNCHUS Wagl. 



An example shot on the Taipei-fu plain in .March does not 

 appear to differ from Fokien birds. 



Crows are unknown at Hobe, but they occur in small 

 numbers on the Taipei-fu plain. I saw a small flock near 

 Tokoham in January. I did not see a single Magpie dui'iug 

 my seven months' stay at Tamsui, nor did I notice any at 

 Tokoham. 



55. Dendrocitta formos/E Swinh. 



Seen on the savage border near Tokoliam. 



56. Urocissa c^rulea Gould. 



I found this bird to be common in the hills near Tokoham. 

 Among their calls they have the musical " pink, pink " of 

 the Chinese Urocissa. They travel in small flocks and would 

 appear to have much the same habits as V. sinensis. A flock 

 of these magnificent Blue Magpies flying about the face of a 

 steep mountain or clifi" is a sight to be remembered. 



One of the four specimens collected at Tokoham has a 

 single white feather on the head ; another has one on 

 the back. 



57. Cypselus subfurcatus Blyth. 



A flock of small Swifts -was seen at Hobe on 27th May. 

 It was dull and rainy at the time. I did not see them again. 



58. Caprimulgus stictomus Swinh. 



A Goatsucker was to be seen for several days in November 

 near the British Consulate at Hobe. I neglected to secure 

 this bird and did not see another again. 



59. Alcedo bengalensis (Gm.). 

 Very common. 



60. CucuLus iNTERMEDius Vahl. 



Cuculus kelungensis Swinhoe^ Ibis, 1863, p. 391 (?). 

 This Cuckoo summers in the Tamsui district, and is very 

 common in spring and early summer, I obtained my first 



