Mr. 11. Swinhoe on Formosan Ornithology. 379 
habits it may be called the Tree-Sparrow of Eastern Asia, the 
true Tree-Sparrow ( P . montanus, L.) of Europe having there 
usurped the position of the House-Sparrow (P. domesticus ), 
which does not occur. 
6 • Upper parts bright cinnamon-red, with a few long black 
spots on the back. Under parts smoke-grey, whitish on the 
cheeks, and ochreous on the belly and vent. Throat black, as 
also space between the eye and bill; a thin streak of white runs 
from the bill over the eye. Lesser wing-coverts white; greater 
coverts and tertiaries black, with reddish-white tips and margins; 
quills dark brown, edged with reddish white, more deeply on the 
basal exterior of some of the primaries, where it forms a bar. 
Tail and its coverts brown, tinged with olive, their margins 
being light. 
Length 5| in.; wing 2-|; tail 1J; expanse 8|. Legs pale flesh- 
brown, tinged with yellow, especially on the soles. Bill black. 
Iris deep blackish brown. Gizzard round and muscular, about 
\ inch in diameter, flattened; epithelium well furrowed and 
yellow. Intestines 7 in. long; the caeca situate about a in. from 
anus and ^ long. 
The female of this species I was not successful in procuring 
either from China or Formosa; but, from specimens in the 
Leyden Museum from Japan, I observe that it differs consider¬ 
ably from the male in a manner analogous to that which obtains 
in P. domesticus. I believe P. montanus stands alone in the 
peculiarity of having similarly clothed sexes. 
91. Munia acuticauda, Hodgs. As. Bes. xix. p. 153, 1836, 
M. muscadina, Gould. 
M. molucca of my Amoy List, Ibis, 1860, p. 61. 
M. minima of my Canton List, Ibis, 1861, p. 45. 
I have specimens of this bird from Canton, Amoy, Shanghai, 
and Formosa. These I have carefully compared with Hodgson's 
examples from Nepal and others from Tenasserim,and found them 
identical. In Formosa this is an abundant resident species, being 
met with in all plantations throughout the low country in small 
parties. It is a lively little bird, constantly moving about its perch, 
whisking its pointed tail from side to side, and uttering a rather 
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