the Birds of the Island of Formosa. 158 
journey from Racu Racu to a spot on Mt. Morrison at an 
elevation of 9000 ft. There we were practically on the range 
which is called Mt. Morrison, and formed a camp down in the 
ravine, just over the slope which forms the foreground in 
the photograph I enclose (text-fig. 7, p. 154). We rested 
here one day, and on the seventh day started, before dayhght, 
for the summit, returning to camp the same night. Had we 
not ascended the mountain on that day we should not have 
been able to do so, for the next day winter-weather set in, 
with rain and snow, which came duwn lower and lower until 
we were snowed and frozen out of our camp. We stayed at 
this camp ten or twelve days. Here I got the Fire-crested 
Wrens (Regulus goodfellowi Grant) and the few other birds 
which are labelled ‘Mt. Morrison, 9000 ft.’ Birds were 
very scarce, and it was possible to go a whole day without 
so much as seeing or hearing one. Higher than this, in 
ascending the mountain, I saw no sign of bird-life whatever. 
On the grassy slopes seen in the photograph at 9000 ft. (text- 
fig. 7, p. 154) I shot the first of the three brown Finches 
(Carpodacus incertus Grant). It seemed really a waste of time 
to remain up here, for I was not adding to the collection at 
the rate of even a birda day. Besides, as it had been snowing 
for two days, the savages would not stay longer with us, and 
had much more snow fallen we should not have been able to 
persuade them to return and carry down our baggage. So 
we struck our camp and went down to the highest village of 
Racu Racu at about 6000 ft. On our way there I met with 
a bad accident. <A different tribe of savages to those who 
were with us had set a trap in our trail and, as I was leading, 
I got one spear right into my instep and another wound on the 
upper side of the foot. On account of the quantity of water 
we were continually obliged to cross and the slippery nature 
of the rocks, I was wearing light shoes with woven string soles, 
and the spear went right through the canvas and deep into the 
instep. ‘The consequence was I was laid up for nearly three 
weeks without beimg able to put my foot to the ground. 
During this time I employed various Japanese policemen to 
shoot birds for me, but they were either bad shots or did 
