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latirostris, Raffl., of China, and not with my M. griseisticta; 
for Pallas speaks of it as having no spots on the breast, and of 
M. albicilla nearly equalling it in size. 
While on the subject of Russian ornithologists, it will be as 
well to mention that in glancing over Radde's ‘Travels in South¬ 
east Siberia '1 recognized a familiar friend on his Plate X. His 
L Lusciola cyane (Pall.) is our Larvivora gracilis from Amoy and 
Tientsin. Unfortunately the Himalaya bird stands as L. cyana , 
Hodgson. Hodgson has named the female L. brunnea ; but the 
name is not apt; we must therefore, I suppose, take Dr. Jer- 
don's name superciliaris for the Indian, and preserve Pallas's 
for the Chinese species. 
What does Dr. Sclater say to Radde's Plate VIII ? Does he 
consider it to show that his Turdus naumanni is identical with T. 
ruficollis *. 
But I must continue with my Formosan ornithology. 
Turdus albiceps , 2 • Skins brought from Central Formosa 
(Choloshan). Bill and legs brown. Crown deep brown. Fea¬ 
thers at base of culmen, lores, and fore part of eye-streak light 
buff-brown. Rest of eye-streak, indistinct nuchal band, and 
under neck white, the latter somewhat spotted, chiefly on the 
sides, with small black arrow-heads. Cheeks varied with buff 
and black. Upper parts deep olive-brown, washed on the back 
with buff. Wings the same; primary coverts tipped with brown¬ 
ish buff, and primaries edged paler. The upper tail-coverts, dor¬ 
sals, and scapulars faintly barred. Tail deep olive-brown. Under¬ 
parts as in male, but lighter. Wing 4*25 to 4'3 inches. 
Goatsuckers may be seen any evening at this season, skim¬ 
ming about at dusk at the foot of Apes' Hill. I beat out a 
couple of males from some bushes in my garden on the 19th of 
January, and shot them both. As I have before only given the 
female, I will now give 
Caprimulgus stictomus , 6. Length 10 inches; wing 7*5; 
tail 4‘7, of ten feathers; lateral tail-feather about three-tenths 
shorter than the rest, which are nearly equal. Wing reaches to 
• 8 inch from end of tail. Bill flesh-coloured, apical half blackish 
* [The reviewer of Herr Radde’s work (Nat. Hist. Rev. 1865, p. 462) 
considers that author to be wrong in this identification.— E.d.] 
