the Birds of the Island of Formosa. 16] 
Dicrurip&. 
9. *CHAPTIA BRAUNIANA Swinh. 
Chaptia brauniana Swinh., Ibis, 1863, p. 269. 
a,b. 6 9. Racu Racu Mts., 6000 ft., Jan. 1906. 
c. 2. Ho Ho Mt., 5000 ft., March 1906. 
Tris dark brownish red ; bill and feet black. 
The Bronzed Drongo is resident in the mountains of the 
interior. It appears to be merely a slightly larger race 
of the Himalayan C. enea (Vieill.), with which it should 
probably be united. 
19. tBucHanes atra (Herm.). 
Dicrurus macrocercus Vieill. ; Swinh. Ibis, 1863, p. 266. 
Dicrurus cathecus Swinh. P. Z. 8. 1871, p. 377. 
Buchanga atra Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M, iii. p. 246 (1877); 
La Touche, Ibis, 1895, pp. 306, 384; 1898, p. 366. 
The Black Drongo is resident throughout the lower hills 
and plains of Formosa. 
ORIOLID®. 
1]. +Orrtouus 1npicus Jerd. 
Oriolus chinensis; Swinh. (nec L.) Ibis, 1863, p. 291. 
Oriolus diffusus Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 197 (1877) ; 
La Touche, Ibis, 1895, pp. 324, 328, 333; 1898, p. 366. 
This Oriole is resident on the plains and lower hills of 
South Formosa, and visits the north of the island during the 
summer. 
12. *OrioLus arDENs (Swinh.). 
Psaropholus ardens Swinh. Ibis, 1862, p. 363, pl. xiii. ; 
1863, p. 293; 1866, p. 398; Gould, B. Asia, ii. pl. 7% 
(1871). 
a-c. 6. Ho Ho Mt., 5000 ft., Feb., March 1906. 
d-gy. 6 2. WKiu-Kong-Chin Mt., 5000 ft., March 1906. 
Iris cream-coloured ; bill pale grey; feet pale bluish 
grey. 
This beautiful crimson Oriole is peculiar to Formosa, and 
is met with in the mountains throughout the island. 
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