Vol. xxv.] 86 



Mr. Collingwood Ingram sent for exhibition an example 

 of a new form of Nutcracker from Formosa, and forwarded 

 the following notes : — 



" Some time ago Mr. Ogilvie-Grant received an example 

 of a Nutcracker from Mount Arizan, Formosa. While 

 noticing that the bird differed somewhat from typical 

 examples of the Himalayan species, Nucifraga hemispila 

 (Vigors), he did not feel justified in separating it on the 

 evidence of a single specimen in somewhat worn plumage. 

 He therefore labelled the bird ' Nucifraga ; near N. hemispila.' 

 Since then two additional specimens have come to hand, both 

 from the same locality. One Avas sent to me by Mr. Alan 

 Owston and a second example was presented to the Natural 

 History Museum by Mr. Wileman. On comparing these 

 three specimens with the large series of N. hemispila in the 

 National Collection I find that they are considerably darker, 

 especially on the back and belly, these parts being blackish- 

 or sooty-brown. The white spots on the breast and mantle 

 are fewer and very much smaller. The bird is also slightly 

 smaller. Culir.en (Hi5 inch ; wing 8*25 ; tail 6*1. For this 

 insular form I propose the name of 



Nucifraga owstoni, subsp. n. 



" Both Dr. Hartert (Vog. pal. Fauna, p. 27) and the late 

 Dr. Sharpe (Hand-list, vol. v. p.. 603) give the Himalaya as 

 the only habitat of the typical N. hemispila, but Col. Rippon 

 obtained examples of a Nutcracker in the mountains of 

 Yunnan. His specimens, although in a worn and apparently 

 faded condition, are rather darker than the Himalayan birds : 

 both in this respect and in the size and distribution of the 

 spots they appear to be intermediate between N. owstoni and 

 N. hemispila. In size they resemble the latter species. For 

 this bird I propose the name of 



Nucifraga yunnanensis, subsp. n." 



Mr. Ingram also sent for exhibition an example of a 

 Pigeon which from the published description he thought was 

 probably Macropygia pheea, McGregor. This bird, hitherto 



