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NOTES OF FORMOSAN BIRDS, WITH 



Specimens obtained at : Horisha, Nantö Distr.: i £ ad., Ap. 29; Shikyö- 

 töshö, Nantö Distr.: 1 & 2<£s, May 4. Seen only in the southern parts 

 of the island. 



47. Sphenoeercus sororius Svvinh. 

 Taiwan-awobato. 



Swinhòe, Ibis, 1871, p. 396 ; Salvadori, Cat. B. Brit. Mus., XXI, p. 13 ; 

 Tada, Taiwan Chörui Ippan, p. 67 ; Grant & La Touche, Ibis, 1907 ; Grant, 

 op. cit., 1908, p. 606; Uchida, Annot. Zool. Japon., 1912, p. 168. 



One adult female obtained at Suisha, Nantö Distr., May 4. Found in 

 forests at 4000 to 5000 ft. altitude above sea-level. 



Family CUCULIDiE. 



48. Cuculus saturates Hodgs. 

 Tsutsudori. 



Blanford, F. B. Ind., Bds., Ill, p. 207; Dresser, Man. Pal. Bds., I, p, 470; 

 McGregor, Man. Phil. Bds., I, p. 372 ; Grant & La Touche, Ibis, 1907, p. 

 196 ; Uchida, Annot. Zool. Japon., 1912, p. 169; Cuculus striatus (nec Dra- 

 piez), Swinhoe, P.Z.S., 1 871, p. 395; Cuculus intermedins (nec Vahl.), Shelly, 

 Cat. B. Brit. Mus., XIX, p. 252; Tada, Taiwan Chörui Ippan, p. 58. 



A male secured at Horisha, Nantö Distr., May 2. This, the Himalayan 

 Cuckoo, is not uncommon in the spring. Its peculiar notes, sounding like 

 hon-hon or pon-poii, were frequenti)' heard in the country. The common 

 Cuckoo, C. canorits (L.\ was never heard. Nor have I ever come across a 

 specimen of it that was obtained in Formosa, so that, I think, the common 

 Cuckoo does not occur in the island. 



49. Fltulynatnis Itonorata (Linn.). 

 Onikakkö. 



Shelley, Cat. B. Br. Mus., XIX, p. 316; Blanford, F. B. Ind., Bds., Ill, 

 p. 228; Ogilvie-Grant, P.Z.S., 1900, p. 484. 



