300 Mr. R. Swinhoe on Formosan Ornithology . 
In China the species abounds in all suitable localities from 
Canton to Foochow. All my specimens, both from China and 
Formosa, have a pair of thick black bristles, curved backwards, 
springing from the base of the bill, on the edge of the rictus; 
and the tail contains only ten rectrices. 
A nest, containing four young Drymceca, was brought to me 
in August. The sides of the nest were too deep for the young 
to void their excrement over; it is always voided in compact 
mass and inside the nest, and must, I think, be carried away by 
the parent birds. The feathers of the back and breast first 
opened, those of the wing next, the head-feathers somewhat 
later, and the rectrices last of all. The bill of the youngsters 
was ochreous yellow; the angle and inside of mouth light yellow, 
except a little blackish near the base of the tongue. Iris blackish 
brown; skin round the eye brownish yellow. Bare skin of the 
face light yellowish grey; the rest of the naked parts a raw 
flesh-colour. Legs and toes the same, somewhat fulvous on the 
claws and tibial joints. 
62 . Drymceca flavirostris, n. sp. 
In Taiwanfoo, S.W. Formosa, I procured one example of 
another of this genus, similar to the preceding species, but 
differing strikingly in its short yellow bill. It has, however, 
the two strong black bristles at its base. Its tarsi are much 
longer, with longer toes and larger and stronger hind claw. 
The throat, loral space, and face are also nearly white, instead 
of straw-colour. The upper parts are a different shade of olive- 
brown, tinged with rufous, and the wing-feathers are broadly 
edged with rufous brown. Wing in., rather differently 
formed, with the fifth quill somewhat longer than the fourth 
and sixth. Its tail is much shorter, but I do not think this 
appendage is fully developed in my single specimen. 
In North Formosa I did not meet this species again, and think 
therefore that it is restricted to the flat country of the south, 
where it may be abundant; but its resemblance to the foregoing, 
I suppose, was the reason that I did not detect it in its wild state. 
Drymceca were common enough about Taiwanfoo; but thinking 
them identical with the Chinese species, I did not care to procure 
many specimens until it was too late. 
