374 Mr. H. Seebohm on Birds 



^ dorso castaneo ; pectoris lateribus et tibiae 

 plumis canis swinhoei. 



^Z'^^^a^'^^.fl-^^ nvf^Z^: ! dorso rufo-brunneo; pectoris lateribus etti- 



bine plumis brunneis .... erythrocneynis. 



dorso cano-brunuso ; pectoris lateribus et 

 [ tibiae plumis castaneis gravioox. 



maculis nigris ornato ; 

 superciliis baud albis 



It is rather curious that the Formosan species should be 

 intermediate between that found on the mountains of North 

 Fokien and that inhabiting the mountains of the Upper 

 Yang-tze ; but as it is only found in Formosa at an elevation 

 of at least 2000 feet, it may enjoy a climate intermediate 

 between those inhabited by its two allies. 



Mr. Pratt found it about 10,000 feet above the sea, 

 amongst the rhododendrons. 



: Trochalopteron ellioti. 



An example in the collection agrees with specimens collected 

 by General Prjevalski in Kansu. Mr. Pratt found it about 

 10,000 feet above the sea in company with the following 

 species. 



-^ Leucodioptron chinense. 



Mr. Pratt found this bird very common at about 10,000 

 feet above the sea-level. 



CoCCOTHRAUSTES CARNEIPES. 



There is an example of this species in the collection. 



-^ Carpodacus dubius. 



There are two males of this species in the collection, which 

 resemble two males collected by General Prjevalski in Kansu. 

 I have three females from the latter locality. This sex appears 

 to have been unknown to Dr. Sharpe when the twelfth 

 volume of the ' Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum '' 

 was written. They resemble the females of C. thura in 

 having the rump and most of the upper tail-coverts suflPused 

 with yellow, but they differ from them in not having the 

 throat and breast suffused with buffish brown. 



The males of C. dubius and C. thura are so much alike that 

 were it not for the difference between the females they could 



