Birds of (he Island of Formosa. GSl 



Among the birds from Arizan presented by Mr. A. E. 

 "VVilcman there are three pairs killed between the 7th and 

 15 th of August. lu two pairs of these the quills of the wing 

 and tail are in full moult ; in the third pair the moult has 

 not yet commenced. The plumage of all six does not differ 

 a])preciably from that of the series killed in the early part of 

 the year, 



SUTHORA MORRISONIANA. 



Siithora morrisomana Ogilvie-Grant ; Ogilvie-Grant & 

 La Touche, Ibis, 1907, p. 188 ; 1908, p. 60i, pi. xii. fig. 1. 



JNIr. Goodfellow procured a second specimen — a female — • 

 of this very distinct Crow-Tit, which he killed on Arizan at 

 8000 ft. in March. There are also three specimens in 

 Mr. Wileman's Collection — a male and two females — like- 

 wise killed on Arizan, 7200 ft., on the 7th August, 1908, 

 Tlie specimens collected in August seem to differ slightly 

 from those obtained in January {S type) and March in 

 having the sides of the breast and flanks duller and less 

 orange. 



Brachypteryx goodfellow^i. 



Brachypterijx yoodfeliowi Ogilvie-Grant, Bull. B. O. C. 

 xxix. p. 108 (1912). 



This interesting species of Short-wing was obtained by 

 Mr. Goodfellow for the first time during his recent ex- 

 pedition to Arizan, at elevations of from 7000 to 8000 ft. 

 It has been described as follows : — 



Adult male and female. Very similar to the female of 

 B. cruralis (Blyth), but the forehead, lores, and feathers 

 round the eye are olive-brown like the rest of the crown, 

 instead of rust-red ; the general colour of the upper parts is 

 dark olive-brown, and the tail is darker with hardly a trace 

 of rufous. The concealed white eyebrow-stripe is well 

 developed, extending from above the lores to the occiput. 

 The under parts are of a rather more olive-brown, and the 

 middle of the breast and belly more distinctly white. Iris 

 brown ; bill black ; feet brown. 



