Mr. R. Swinhoe on a new Bird from Formosa. 473 



it would appear that the latter was the common bird ; for Mr. 

 A. 0. Hume does not include D. arcuata at all in his ''Birds 

 of Upper Pegu'' (S. F. iii. p. 193). 



I have taken the eggs in August and September. One 

 sitting, much incubated, which I found on the 14th Sep- 

 tember, was very much stained ; but all the fresh eggs that I 

 have seen were pure white. 



The Whistling Teal often pretends to be unable to fly 

 when disturbed from her nest. I once saw an Eagle swoop 

 at a female Whistler as she was fluttering along the ground 

 in front of me. 



For some general remarks on the district of Karen-nee my 

 previous paper (Ibis, 1875, p. 348) may be referred to. 



XLI. — On a new Bird from Formosa. 

 By R. Swinhoe, F.R.S. &c. 



(Plate XIV.) 



Dr. Steere, whose ornithological discoveries in the Philip- 

 pines have lately attracted so much attention, also visited 

 Formosa during his travels in the east. The portion of the 

 island traversed by him lay towards the southern extremity, 

 where he penetrated into the mountains of the interior, not 

 visited by me. Amongst several interesting species ob- 

 tained by him and submitted to me, such as Suthora bulo- 

 machus, Sibia auricularis, Garrulax taivanus, &c., was a Lio- 

 thrix-\\ke bird, which is quite new to me. Wishing for 

 further information, I waited until I had an opportunity of 

 showing the specimen to Lord Tweeddale. It was new also 

 to him ; and he writes, " It is another evidence of the close 

 connexion that must have existed formerly between Formosa 

 and the Himalayan chain." I will therefore bring forward 

 this species under the generic name. 



LiociCHLA, gen. nov. 

 In general characters a Liothrix, but with the stronger 

 legs and shorter wings of a Garrulax, and somewhat allied 

 to Sibia. 



