654 Mr. AV. 11. Ogilvie-Graut on the 



varies much in different individuals, but apparently wear 

 has much to do with this : some are spotted down to the 

 bellv, in others the markings are confined to the chest. 



Mr. Goodfellow tells me : — 



"Nutcrackers were quite numerous on Arizan above 

 6030 ft.^ especially during February when they were 

 pairing". Shortly afier this I tiiink they must have 

 gone to some other locality to nest, for after the 

 middle of March I scarcely saw one. I had hoped to find 

 some of their nests, but in this I was disappointed, neither 

 did I see any young about up to tiie time I left in April. 

 As we stood on the summit of the mountains whence one 

 commanded a marvellous view over the forest-covered 

 ranges below, it was possible at any time of the day to see 

 quite a number of these Crows circling about below or 

 resting on the very apex of the dead fir-trees which were 

 numerous there, rising like bleached telegraph-poles above 

 the green forests. AYhen crossing the summit in April I 

 failed to see one^ although I remained some tin:ie on the top. 



'•These birds are extremely Crow-like in all their ways, a)id 

 also in the noises they make. The English interpretation 

 of tlie Japanese name for them is " Star-Crow." They feed 

 on some extremely hard and smooth seeds which I was never 

 able to identify, and their stomachs contained ([uitc as much 

 of the broken up shell as of the kernel.'^ 



CaLOPIIASIS MIKAHO. 



Calophosis mikado Ogilvie-Grant ; Ogilvic-Grant & La 

 Touche, Ibis, 1907, p. 277 ; 1908, p. GOG, pi. xiii. [ c^ ? ] & 

 text-fig. 7. 



Phasianus mikado Roths. Bull. B. O. C. xxi. p. 22 (1907). 



The principal object of Mr. Goodfellow^s visit to Formosa 

 in the spring of 1912 was to procure living exam])les of the 

 ]\likado Pheasant. After many difficulties, he eventually suc- 

 ceeded with the aid of the savages in procuring eleven, eight 

 males and three females, all of which were brought back 

 safely to England and arc now^ living and in good condition. 



Several of the birds caught in snares killed themselves, 

 and these were made into beautiful cabinet specimens. 



