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Mr. R. Swinhoe on Formosan Ornithology. 
be known henceforth to refer to my long-lost acquaintance, 
which I now beg leave to introduce as 
Stachyrhis pr^ecognitus, sp. nov. 
Olivaceus, cauda alisque fuscioribus; coronse plumis crispis, semi- 
erectis, rufis; gula tenuiter striata et cum pectore ventris- 
que medio sordide aureis; carpis axillaribusque flavescenti- 
albis; rostro pedibusque plumbeis. 
Long. tot. 4 # 1, alse 2*2, caudse 1*6, tarsi *7 poll. 
Bill plumbeous, very like that of Zosterops simplex , but longer. 
Legs Timaliine, long and strong, light plumbeous-brown, with a 
wash of yellow, especially on the nails. Feathers of the crown 
somewhat stiff, semierect, and dull flammeous, glistening in the 
light. Eyelid black. Iris reddish hazel. Above olivaceous, 
browner on the wings and tail, which have their stems and inner 
webs deeper-coloured; the two central rectrices the same on both 
webs, and all the tail-feathers faintly barred. Under parts 
dingy golden, olivaceous on all but the throat, breast, and middle 
of belly. Axillaries white, tinged with yellow, especially on the 
carpal edge. The inner web of many of the quills more or less 
edged with white tinged with yellow, making a partly whitish 
under-wing. Vibrissse few at gape, but numerous and black on 
chin. Throat with a few black streaks. Claws curved, blunt, 
and laterally cultrated; outer toe longer than inner; hind toe 
and claw large. The third and onward quills broad; first to 
fourth graduated; fifth to seventh nearly equal and longest; first 
shorter than longest, about '8. Rectrices twelve in number, broad 
and graduated, outermost about *4 inch shorter than the middle 
ones. General feathers soft and fluffy. Bill nearly *5 inch, 
straight and Zosteropine. In the striation of its throat, and in 
many other respects, this species seems to bear relation to Mix- 
ornis ruhicapillus , Tick ell; but the bill of that is more Turdine. 
Its closest ally is Stachyrhis chi'ysea, Hodgson (Jerdon, ‘ Birds 
of India/ ii. p. 23), with which in company it might be ranked 
under a distinct genus, and not associated with the other species 
of Stachyrhis as at present constituted; but where the new genus 
should stand is not so easily settled. This species certainly has 
affinities with Myzornis , Herpornis, Zosterops , and Iora ; but I 
