On tlie Birds of the Island of Formosa. 643 



XXXII. — Further Notes on the Birds of the Island of Formosa. 

 By W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, M.B.O.U. 



(Plates XIII. & XIV.) 



In January 1912, Mr. Walter Gooclfellow paid a second 

 visit to tlie highlands of Formosa, his principal object being 

 to obtain living examples of the splendid Mikado Pheasant. 

 With this end in view he formed two camps on Mount 

 Arizan, one at about 7000 ft., and a second about 14; miles to 

 the north at about 8000 ft. His mission has proved highly 

 successful, for, after many difficulties, he succeeded in 

 catching, with the aid of the savages, thirteen living- 

 Pheasants. Two of these were accidentally killed by the 

 falling branch of a tree, but the remaining eleven, eight 

 males and three females, were brought safely to England and 

 are still in perfect health. Among the collection of skins 

 brought home there were a few pairs of the Pheasant ; 

 likewise examples of many interesting forms peculiar to 

 Formosa: two of these, a Bullfinch and a Bush-Kobin, 

 are now described for the first time *. 



The discovery of a second species o{ Pi/rrhula and a second 

 species of lanthia, both inhabiting the same ground as 

 P. oiostoni and I.johnstonia, is specially noteworthy. 



The present collection also contained examples of four 

 new species and subspecies which have already been described 

 [cf. Bull. B.O.C. xxix. pp. 107-109 (1912)], viz., Parus 

 ater ptilosus, Horeites acanthizoides concolor, Bracbypteryx 

 goodfellowi, and Diceeum formosum. The discovery of a 

 Flower-pecker in Formosa adds a new family to the fauna, 

 to which Mr. Goodfellow has added no fewer than sixteen 

 new species, most of them being remarkably distinct 

 forms. 



* Cf. Ibis, 1907, pp. 151-279, pis. iii. & iv. 5 1908, pp. 600-608, 

 pis, xii. & xiii. 



