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typical form and not to the Formosan subspecies Gecinus 

 guerini tancola, typical examples of which have much more 

 black on the crown. 



It only occurs up to 5000 or 6000 feet above sea-level. 



'- Ardea prasinosceles. 



There is a nearly mature example of this species in the 

 collection, which was collected about 10,000 feet above the 

 sea. 



IbIDORHYNCHUS STRUTHERSl. 



There is a slightly immature example of this species in 

 the collection. It was found on marshy ground near one 

 of the lakes, about 14,000 feet above the sea. 



.{■ SCOLOPAX RUSTICULA. 



A Woodcock in the collection does not differ from European 

 examples. It ranges from 10,000 to 12,000 feet above the 

 level of the sea during the breeding-season. 



ScOLOPAX SOLITARIA. 



Five eggs from the pine-forests above Ta-chien-lu agree 

 exactly with eggs of this species in the Hume collection from 

 Native Sikkim. 



■f Gallicrex cristatus. 



There is an example of this species in the collection. It 

 frequents reedy places up to 13,000 feet above the sea. 



^ Crossoptilon tibetanum. 



There is an example of this species in the Swinhoe collection 

 which was sent from Moupin by 1' Abbe David. It agrees in 

 every particular with seven examples brought from Western 

 Szechuen, but they all differ from Hodgson's type in the 

 British Museum in having no trace of a white patch on the 

 outer tail-feathers. On the other hand they differ from the 

 descriptions and figures of Crossoptilon drouyni, which was 

 sent to the Paris Museum from Moupin by M. Dabry, 

 the French Consul at Hankow, in having much less grey and 

 much more dark brown bronzed with purple and green on 

 the remiges and rectrices. David and Onstalet regard these 



