282 MR. GOULD ON NEW BtRDS FROM FORMOSA. [NoV. 25, 



Hypsipetes nigerrima, Gould. 



Entire plumage black, with the exception of the edges of the pri- 

 maries and tail-feathers, which are pure grey, a tint which is also 

 observable, but in a minor degree, on the margins of the greater and 

 lesser wing- coverts, and on the feathers of the flanks and the back, 

 on the latter, however, it is rather of a greenish cast than pure grey ; 

 bill blood-red ; legs red. 



Total length, 8| inches; bill, Ig; wing, 5; tail, 4; tarsi, -|. 



Remark. — This species is somewhat allied to, but is a smaller bird 

 than, the well-known Hypsipetes jpsai'o'ides of India. 



PeRICROCOTUS GRISEOGXJLARIS, Gould. 



Male : forehead, crown of the head, back of the neck, back, 

 shoulders, and two central tail-feathers sooty black ; wings black, 

 with an oblique bar of scarlet across the primaries and secondaries, 

 near their bases ; throat and ear-coverts light grey ; chest, abdomen, 

 flanks, under tail-coverts, and rump rich scarlet ; lateral tail-feathers 

 black at their bases, and scarlet for the remainder of their length ; 

 thighs blackish brown ; bill and legs black. 



Total length, 6f inches ; bill, f ; wing, 'd\ ; tail, 3f ; tarsi, f . 



Female : throat light grey, as in the male ; crown, ear-coverts, 

 back, and shoulders deep leaden grey ; rump sulphur-yellow ; chest, 

 abdomen, binder tail- coverts, the oblique band across the wing, and 

 the tips of the outer tail-feathers rich Indian yellow ; bill and legs 

 black. 



Remark. — This species is somewhat allied to Pericrocotus sau' 

 laris, but differs from that bird in its clearly defined throat-mark 

 and other characters. 



Garrulus taivanus, Gould. 



Feathers covering the nostrils, a narrow bar on the forehead, and 

 a longitudinal mark down the cheeks black ; crown of the head, 

 nape, back, and all the under surface vinous brown, tinged with grey 

 on the centre of the back ; rump and under tail-coverts white ; 

 primaries black, fringed on their outer margins with greyish white ; 

 the secondaries have the usual speculum of blue disposed in broad 

 bars on their outer webs, and a patch of chestnut on the inner 

 margin of the two shortest feathers, as in most of the true Jays ; 

 shoulders and spurious wing alternately barred with fine lines of blue 

 and black ; tail black ; bill black ; tarsi and toes flesh-colour. 



Total length, 10|^ inches ; bill, \\; wing, 6i ; tail, b\; tarsi. If. 



Remark. — This very distinct species, the smallest of the genus I 

 have yet seen, has the same general colouring as the Garrulus bispe- 

 cularis of the Himalayas and the G. sinensis of China, but differs 

 from both in its smaller size and in the black colouring of the feathers 

 covering the nostrils. 



Urocissa c^rulea, Gould. 



Crown of the head, nape, cheeks, throat, and chest jet-black ; body, 



