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  very 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  P. 
  wanthorrhous 
  but 
  for 
  the 
  light 
  ear- 
  

   coverts. 
  There 
  is 
  only 
  a 
  single 
  example, 
  undated 
  and 
  un- 
  

   sexed, 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  described 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Pycnonotus 
  taivanuSj 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Crown 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  nape 
  black 
  ; 
  lores 
  and 
  ear-coverts 
  

   silvery 
  huffish 
  white 
  ; 
  throat 
  white 
  ; 
  moustache 
  black, 
  with 
  

   a 
  small 
  red 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  mandible. 
  Hind 
  

   neck 
  light 
  earthy 
  brown; 
  back, 
  scapulars, 
  lesser 
  wing- 
  

   coverts, 
  and 
  rump 
  dull 
  ashy 
  brown, 
  very 
  lightly 
  washed 
  with 
  

   olive. 
  Greater 
  coverts, 
  remiges, 
  and 
  rectrices 
  dark 
  brown, 
  

   washed 
  externally 
  with 
  bright 
  olive-yellow. 
  Under 
  surface 
  

   huffish 
  white, 
  washed 
  on 
  flanks 
  and 
  thighs 
  with 
  ashy 
  brown 
  ; 
  

   under 
  tail-coverts 
  edged 
  with 
  olive. 
  Bill 
  black. 
  Legs 
  and 
  

   feet 
  deep 
  brown 
  (in 
  skin). 
  Length 
  apparently 
  7| 
  inches, 
  

   wing 
  3*4, 
  tail 
  3-3. 
  

  

  Two 
  years 
  ago 
  my 
  collector 
  shot 
  for 
  me 
  near 
  Ichang 
  three 
  

   specimens 
  of 
  a 
  Dicceum 
  ( 
  cJ 
  J 
  ? 
  ) 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  upper 
  parts 
  of 
  

   the 
  male 
  are 
  of 
  so 
  much 
  a 
  deeper 
  blue 
  than 
  in 
  my 
  specimens 
  

   of 
  D. 
  ignipectus 
  from 
  South 
  China 
  that 
  it 
  would 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  

   worthy 
  of 
  specific 
  rank. 
  The 
  females 
  I 
  am 
  unable 
  to 
  dis- 
  

   tinguish. 
  I 
  propose 
  to 
  name 
  this 
  species 
  

  

  DiCiEUM 
  CYANONOTUM, 
  Sp. 
  UOV. 
  

  

  Similar 
  to 
  D. 
  ignipectus, 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  upper 
  surface 
  deep 
  

   steel-blue 
  instead 
  of 
  steel-green 
  ; 
  the 
  lesser 
  wing-coverts 
  

   and 
  rump 
  are 
  greenish. 
  The 
  pale 
  olive 
  edgings 
  to 
  the 
  

   feathers 
  of 
  back 
  and 
  rump 
  in 
  D. 
  ignipectus 
  are 
  wanting, 
  also 
  

   the 
  olive 
  edgings 
  to 
  the 
  secondaries. 
  The 
  chest-spot 
  is 
  more 
  

   orange, 
  less 
  crimson. 
  

  

  I 
  am. 
  Sir, 
  

  

  Kiukiang, 
  Yours 
  &C., 
  

  

  April 
  20th, 
  1893. 
  F. 
  W. 
  Styan. 
  

  

  The 
  Crocodile 
  and 
  its 
  Bird. 
  — 
  The 
  * 
  Saturday 
  Review 
  ' 
  of 
  

   May 
  6th 
  last 
  contains 
  an 
  article 
  on 
  Crocodile-birds, 
  based 
  on 
  

   Mr. 
  J. 
  M. 
  Cook^s 
  letter 
  in 
  our 
  last 
  number 
  (above, 
  p. 
  275). 
  

   In 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  Editorial 
  remark 
  that 
  the 
  story 
  in 
  ques- 
  

   tion 
  " 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  confirmed 
  by 
  eye-witness 
  since 
  the 
  days 
  

  

  