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ill tlic bush all around me without once shewing itself. 

 Firing at such close quarters often resulted in a bird too 

 damaged to preserve, and the skin is, moreover, very 

 tender." 



I Dictum formosum. (PI. XIII. fig. 1.) 



Dicainn formosum Ogilvie-Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xxix. 

 p. 109 (1912). 



Dic<Bum sp., Uchida, Hand-1. Formosan Birds, Annot. 

 Zool. Jap. viii. pt. i. p. 203 (1912). 



This handsome little Flower-pecker is represented in 

 Mr. Goodfellow's collection by a single specimen, a male 

 procured on Arizan, 7000 ft., in March. It has been de- 

 scribed as follows : — 



Adult male. Most nearly allied to D. luzcniense O. -Grant, 

 but the scarlet on the chest does not extend on to the breast, 

 the sides of tiie breast and belly are pale brownish-buff, the 

 flanks are paler olive, and the under tail-coverts pale buff, 

 instead of light cinnamou-yellow. Wing 50 mm. 



The head of this specimen has unfortunately been some- 

 what damaged, but the cheeks are no doubt of a much 

 darker grey than in D. luzoniense, A second complete 

 example of this species (sex not recorded) was obtained by 

 Mr. H. J. Ehvcs in the Arizau district, at about 6000 ft., 

 during his recent visit to Formosa. He has kindly presented 

 this specimen to the Natural History ]\Iuseum. 



The two females mentioned by Mr. S. Uchida (o/;. cit.) are 

 no doubt referable to D. formosum. 



Mr. Goodfellow remarks : — '' This Flower-pecker is 

 evidently rare. The single specimen obtained was shot by 

 one ol; the savages who was with me. He and others to 

 Avhom I shewed it did not appear to recognise it." 



NUCIFRAGA OWSTONI. 



Nucifracju oivstoni Ingram, Bull. B. O. C. xxv. p. 80 

 (1910). 



At my request Mr. Goodfellow procured a series of speci- 

 mens of this Nutcracker, which bear out the characters given 

 by Mr. Ingram. The size of the white spots on the breast 



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