the Birds of the Island of Formosa. 257 
the tip, slate-coloured at the base; cere and skin of face 
greenish ; feet yellow. 
The measurements of the birds are as follows :— 
Adult male. Wing 9:0, tail 7°6 inches. 
Immature male. Wing 8°5, tail 7-2 inches. 
Adult female. Wing 10°5, tail 8°5 inches. 
From these measurements it is clear that the Formosan 
Crested Goshawk belongs to the larger race inhabiting the 
Himalaya, which has been named L. rufitincta (McClelland). 
140. *Accipirer arrinis Hodgs. 
Accipiter virgatus La Touche (nec Temm.), Ibis, 1899, 
pp. 314, 337. 
Accipiter affinis Grant, op. cit. 1896, p. 107. 
a. 2 imm. Racu Racu Mountains, 7000 ft., February 
1906. 
Iris yellow ; bill slate-coloured ; feet greenish yellow. 
The measurements are as follows :—Wing 7°9, tail 6°5, 
tarsus 2°3 inches. 
The Formosan bird, as has already been pointed out, 
belongs to the larger Himalayan form of the Besra Sparrow- 
Hawk. It inhabits the mountains of the interior of the 
island. In Grant’s paper in the ‘Ibis,’ cited above, will 
be found descriptions and measurements of the different 
races. 
141. AccreiTer cutaris (Temm. & Schl.). 
Micronisus gularis Swinh. Ibis, 1863, p. 212. 
Accipiter gularis Gurney, op. cit. 1863, p. 366; Grant, 
op. cit. 1896, p. 104. 
Accipiter nisoides Blyth; La Touche, op. cit. 1898, 
p- 372. 
This Sparrow-Hawk has been met with in Formosa, where 
it is perhaps a resident species. 
142. Bureo pLumirzs (Hodgs.). 
Buteo japonicus (T. & S.); Swinh. Ibis, 1863, p. 219. 
Swinhoe says that this Buzzard is occasionally seen in 
Formosa, but no specimens were procured. 
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