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71. MiLVUS MELANOTIS T. & S. 



Common all the year round. They probably breed on 

 North Hill. 



72. TURTUR CHINENSIS (Scop.). 



Very uncommon at the port, but abundant inland. 



73. Phasianus formosanus Elliot. 



Not at all common near the port. Seen once on North 

 Hill on 28th April. It is said that in former years Pheasants 

 were often seen and shot near Hob^. Advancing cultivation 

 has driven them away. 



74. Euplocamus swinhoii Gould. 



This beautiful Pheasant is sometimes brought for sale to 

 Taipei-fu. It is said to be rare in the North of Formosa. 

 A friend of mine was told by the late Mr. Hoist that it was 

 very common in the mountains of Central Formosa. 



75. Bambusicola sonorivox Gould. 



Common on the hills, but owing to the thick cover it is 

 impossible to get at them. 



A large Quail flushed out of a paddy-field near Hobe 

 appeared to me to be a Common Quail [Coturnix communis 

 or C.japonica). 



7Q. EXCALFACTORIA CHINENSIS (LinU.). 



I flushed once a little Quail near Hobe that was, no doubt, 

 of this species. 



77. TURNIX TAIGOOR SylvCS (?). 



A Bustard- Quail is common in Northern Formosa, but I 

 secured only one specimen, a female. It was shot on 13th 

 January just behind our house at Hobe, on the downs, 

 where in former years it seems these small Quails were 

 numerous. 



This bird is described in ' The Ibis,' 1896, p. 494. It 

 matches almost exactly in colour and markings a male from 

 Southern Formosa, which again is very like a male from the 

 Straits Settlements in Mr. C. B. Rickett^'s collection. It is 

 very likely a young female of the year. 



