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N. Kl'RODA : NOTES ON FORMOSAM BIRDS, WITH 



8. IR ut of iti es Javanica anitre h sis (Schrenk). 

 Sasagoi, Minogoi. 



Ogawa, Annot. Zool. Japon, 1905, p. 21 4; Butorides amur£/isis(Schrerik); 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus., XXVI, p. 181; McGregor, Phil. Bds., I, p. 1 76; 

 Ogawa, Annot. Zool. Japon., 1908, p. 344; Ardetta javanica (ncc Horsf.), 

 Dresser, Pal. Bds., II, p. 575. 



Suisha, Nantô Distr." 1 ^> , May 2; 2-£s May 3. Pretty common about 

 streams and lakes. B. javanica (Horsf.) is also found in Formosa, but could 

 not be obtained. Both specimens are preserved in the Taihoku museum. 



9. A.r/Ie1ta cinnamotnea (Gmelin). 

 Riukiuyoshigoi, Akabaneyoshigoi. 



Swinhoe, P.Z.S., 1S71. p. 413; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus., XXVI, p. 236; 

 Blanford, F. B. Ind., Bds., IV, p. 402 ; Dresser, Pal. Bds., II, p. 577; Grant 

 and La Touche, Ibis, 1907, p. 263 ; Uchida, Annot. Zool. Japon., 191 2, p. 

 145; I xobryclius cinnawovims (Gm.), McGregor, Phil. Bds., I, p. 179; 

 Naiinocinis ijimai Ogawa, Annot. Zool. Japon., 1905, p. 215. 



Enteishö, Tainan Distr.: 1 juv., May 9. This bittern is somewhat 

 less common than the foregoing species. 



10. \« mutants eufi/thnius (Swinh.). 



O-yoshigoi. 



Ogawa, Hand. Bds. Jap., Annot. Zool. Japon., 1908, p. 345 ; Uchida, 

 ■'Xihon Chörui Zusetsu" (The Birds of Japan), I, 1913, p. 170, Pl. IV, fig. 

 18; Ardetta eurythma Swinh., (Sharpe), Cat. B. Br. Mus., XXVI, p. 242; 

 Dresser, Pal. Bds., II, p. 578. 



A fine adult female is kept in cage in the Nursery of Plants, Taihoku 

 city. This bird was captured near Taihoku. 



