THE IBIS 
No. XX. OCTOBER 1863. 
XXXII.— The Ornithology of Formosa, or Taiwan. 
By Robert Swinhoe, Esq., F.Z.S., &c. 
[Concluded from p. 311.] 
J 82. Alauda ccelivox, Swinhoe. 
Throughout the plains, the downs, the grassy plateaux, 
wherever the locality is suitable in Formosa, this little Lark is 
found, delighting the ear of the savage, the colonist, and the 
adventurer alike with its sweet song as it disappears into the 
sky. But it often also sings on the ground, or mounted on 
some stone or prominence. In the Pescadore Islands, between 
Formosa and the main, it is also very common, and almost the 
only bird there. It is abundant in the south of China, from 
Canton to Foochow. In Shanghai it is replaced by a similar 
form, but intermediate in size and proportions between it and 
the so-called A. arvensis of Peking and its neighbourhood. In 
my large series of skins from Formosa there is considerable 
variation in the length and thickness of the bill, some, in the 
bulkiness of that organ, drawing close to the Mirafrce of Africa 
and India. For a more detailed account of this bird I must 
refer my readers to the ‘ Zoologist/ 
83. Emberiza spodocephala, Pall. 
E. melanops, Blyth. 
Euspiz a per sonata of my Amoy List, Ibis, 1860, p. 62. 
These Buntings visit Formosa in winter in large numbers. 
They are identical with those procured at Amoy, and are refer- 
yol. v. 2 d 
