391 
Mr. R. Swinhoe on Formosan Ornithology. 
hilly regions about Tamsuy. It is usual, in the Woodpecker 
group, for the more northerly birds to have whiter tails; but in 
this respect our Formosan examples offer the reverse of the rule, 
for the southern specimen has broader whitish bands and nar¬ 
rower blackish ones than the northern specimens. This may, 
however, be owing to age or some other cause. The two birds 
are otherwise too similar to admit of separation. There is a 
strong resemblance between the Formosan and the North China 
forms; but the latter are at once distinguishable by their white 
instead of barred axillaries, by the outer tail-feathers being yel¬ 
lowish white, with but very faint indications of bars, by the back 
being almost entirely white, by all the spots on the plumage 
being larger, and by the black streaks on the under parts being 
narrower and much fainter. They are certainly more distinct 
from each other than most of the numerous species into which 
this group is divided. 
d, sbot 10th October 1861. Length 6 T ^ in.; wing3j^; 
tail 2^. Bill light leaden grey, blackish towards the tip, and 
tinged with greenish yellow at basal half of lower mandible. 
Inside of mouth flesh-colour, tinged with violet-grey. Skin 
round the eye blackish grey, with black rim. Iris reddish brown. 
Legs greenish grey; claws same, with pale bases. Fore part of 
crown brownish grey. Occiput, back, and wings black ; lower 
part of back broadly barred with white; white spots on the wing, 
somewhat scanty; spots on some of the lesser coverts large. 
Four central rectrices black, the vent with a pale ochreous outer 
edge; the one that follows with a broad outer edge, the tip and a 
zigzag bar of light brownish ochre; the extreme lateral feathers 
with the basal edge, the tip, and two well-defined bars of the 
same. A light brown streak runs from the corner of the eye 
across each cheek; another of light blackish brown runs from 
the lower mandible down the neck. Throat and axillaries white, 
the latter banded with black. Under parts dingy ochreous, with 
broad blackish-brown streaks on the breast, and narrower ones 
on the belly and flanks. The male carries a streak of carmine 
on each side of the occiput, which is wanting in the female. 
6 . Heart i in. by Liver, right lobe ^ in., left T %. Rings 
on” trachea and bronchi, especially on the latter, widely set. 
