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specimen on 6th April, and whenever I went to the North 

 Hill after that date I either saw them or heard them calling. 

 The note is lond and deep in tone, and may be expressed 

 in Avriting as " Hoo-hoo, hoo-hoo." It is repeated for some 

 minutes at a stretch, and -when heard from a distance is 

 not unlike the far-away harking of a dog. 



The stomachs of the five examples collected were full of 

 hairy caterpillars. 



The wings measure from carpal joint — 7""2, 7"'2, 7"'3, 

 7"'3, and 7". All are males. The only variation in 

 plumage is in the spots on the central rectrices. In one 

 example these are entirely absent. 



61. Centropus bengalensis (Gm.). 



A very common bird in Northern Formosa. 



I have two breeding females obtained on 1st May and 

 16th June. The stomach of the former contained beetles, 

 that of the latter held a collection of stick-insects and a 

 lizard. 



Two eggs, said to be of this bird, were brought to me at 

 the beginning of June. I have little doubt as to the authen- 

 ticity of these eggs, as they answer to the general description 

 of Crow-Pheasants' eggs. They are of a dirty white ; in 

 shape one is ovate with rounded apex, the other is a rounded 

 ovate with very blunt apex. Texture of shell chalky. They 

 measure l"-27 x 0"-97, l"-22 X 0"-95. 



62. Scops japonicus Swinh. 



Two male examples, one light grey and one dark grey, 

 were obtained at Hobe on 1st November and 19th February. 

 Both were caught at night in houses. A specimen in red 

 plumage was sent to me from Takow by Dr. Henry, who 

 had caught it in his house. This appears to be a young 

 bird, as one downy feather of the nestling-plumage still 

 remains on the head. The female collected at Bangkimtsing 

 in 1893, and recorded in 'The Ibis' of 1895, p. 337, as 

 S. petmatus, belongs to this species. These four skins were 

 kindly identified for me by Mr. F. W. Styan. 



