374 MR. R. SWINHOE ON THE BIRDS OF CHINA. [May 2, 



I described this as a Siva ; but it is more allied to the genus Ixulus, 

 from which it differs in having a deeply graduated tail. Ixulus 

 castaneiceps, Moore, is of the same form as our bird ; and I would 

 propose to place these two under a new subgenus, Staphida. Our 

 species was procured in Fokien province. Pere David has sent a 

 new species of Ixulus from Moupin. 



282. ALCIPPE NIPALENSIS. 

 Sent from Moupin by Pere David. 



283. ALCIPPE MORRISONIA, Swinh. Ibis, 1863, p. 296, 1865, 

 p. 107. 



Formosa. A smaller conspecies of the last. 



284. ALCIPPE BRUNNEA, Gould, P. Z. S. 1862, p. 280, B. of 

 As. pl. ; Ibis, 1863, p. 297. 



Formosa. 



285. COCHOA VIRIDIS, Hodgs. J. A. S. v. p. 359; Ibis, 1868, 

 p. 354. 



A single specimen procured at Amoy in December 1867. The 

 Paris Museum has received the bird from Cochin-China. 



286. AMPELIS GARRULA (L.) ; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 298. 

 North China. 



287. AMPELIS PHOENICOPTERA, Temm. F. J. ; Ibis, 1864, p. 427, 

 1866, p. 307. 



North China; Formosa. 



288. PSAROPHOLUS ARDENS, Swinh. Ibis, 1862, p. 363, 1863, 

 p. 293, 1866, pp. 297, 398. 



Formosa. 



289. PSAROPHOLUS ARDENS, var. NIGELLICAUDA, Swinh. Ibis, 

 1870, p. 342. 



Hainan. 



290. ORIOLUS CHINENSIS, Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1788, p. 383; 

 Swinh. Ibis, 1860, p. 57, 1861, pp. 58, 341, 1863, p. 291, 1866, 

 p. 138, 1870, p. 342; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 282. 



Oriolus cochinensiSy Briss. Av. ii. p. 326. 

 Oriolus indicus, Jerd. 111. Ind. Orn. pi. 



Throughout China, and Formosa in summer. Resorts in winter 

 to Cochin-China, Tenasserim, and India. 



291. PITTA MOLUCCENSIS (Miill.). 



Turdus moluccensis, P. L. S. Miiller, Natursyst. Anhang (1766), 

 p. 144. 



Pitta cyanoptera, Temm. 



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