182 Messrs. Ogilvie-Grant and La Touche on 
Birds B. M. vii. p. 624 (1883) ; La Touche, Ibis, 1895, 
pp. 311, 312, 332 ; 1898, p. 358. 
Alcippe obscurior Grant, Bull. B.O.C. xvi. p. 121 (1906) ; 
xix. p. 14 (1906). 
a. &. Racu Racu Mts., 6000 ft., 
Feb. 1906. (Types of Alcippe 
bs 2. Ho Ho Mt, 50006; Feb. obscurior Grant.) 
1906. 
c. 6. Racu Racu Mts., 7000 ft., Feb. 1906. 
d,e. 9. Ho Ho Mt., 5000 ft., March 1906. 
Tris dark brown; bill black ; feet olive-brown. 
The Brown Tit-Babbler is peculiar to Formosa, where it 
inhabits the mountains of the interior, descending to the 
lower wooded foot-hills. 
The British Museum contains a large series of Scheniparus 
from various parts of China presented by Messrs. Rickett 
and La Touche. These specimens had been identified by 
the donors as Alcippe brunnea Gould, and had been added to 
the National Collection under that name. On comparing 
Mr. Goodfellow’s Formosan birds with this box of light-bellied 
specimens it was at once apparent that two species were 
represented ; but I unfortunately overlooked the fact that the 
name of Alcippe brunnea Gould had been originally given to 
the Formosan bird. The Chinese form must stand as :— 
SCHGENIPARUS SUPERCILIARIS (David). 
Tveulus superciliaris David, Ann. Sci. Nat. (5) xix. art. 9, 
p. 4 (1874). 
Alcippe brunnea David et Oustal. (nec Gould), Ois. Chine, 
217 (1877). 
The very brief description given by David in his original 
reference merely says: ‘‘ Ayant doubles sourcils (cendrés et 
noir) et le dos olive.” ‘This diagnosis might apply to 
— 
p- 
S. brunneus. 
Later, in ‘Les Oiseaux de la Chine,’ David and Oustalet 
considered that I. superciliaris David was synonymous with 
A. brunnea Gould, but they evidently had no Formosan 
birds for comparison, and the description in this work is 
