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Mr. R. Swinhoe on Formosan Ornithology. 
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it was marked G. macii . Dr. Jerdon's descriptions are appa¬ 
rently from young individuals. 
Dendrocitta sinensis, var. forrnosce , in the adult state has a 
white belly and nearly white rump. These appear to be its chief 
differences in colouring from the D. sinensis of India. Mr. Blyth 
says (Ibis, 1865, p. 45) that the Indian D. himalayensis differs 
from the Chinese bird. Where did he see D. sinensis from China ? 
I am not aware that the species has ever been procured from that 
country proper. 
On the 25th of January I got from the central mountains my 
second Formosan specimen of Heipornis xantholeuca, Hodgson. 
This strikes me as being even more typical than the one I pro¬ 
cured in the neighbourhood of Tamsuy. 
The Chinese Wild Duck that I received from Ningpo some 
years ago, and which I set down (P. Z. S. 1863, p. 324) as iden¬ 
tical with Anas pcecilorhyncha of India, by no means answers to 
Dr. JerdoAs description of that bird. It is of similar style of 
coloration, but has an ochreous band across the bill like Anser 
segetum. I think a specimen of it is in my collection at present 
under the charge of Mr. Tristram. I will name it temporarily 
Anas zonorhyncha. It is probably the same species that 
Temminck notes from Japan as intermediate between A. boschas 
and A. pcecilorhyncha. 
I was up the river the other day with a friend who carried a 
gun. A Rallies striatus appeared on the bank. My friend shot 
at it, when it ran and shoved its head into a hole. We picked it 
up, and found that the only injury it had received was a small 
shot-wound on the tip of the middle toe of one foot. I brought 
it home, caged it, and fed it on rice and water, on which it seemed 
to thrive. It is now alive and well in an aviary at Amoy. 
Temenuchus sinensis , Lanius lucionensis , and Phyllopneuste 
sylvicultrix pass the winter in Formosa. 
On the 31st of January I received a bird which I name 
SlPHIA INNEXA, sp. nOV. 
Bill black and Saxicoline in side aspect; viewed from above, 
broad at base and narrowing to tip. Legs pale, with a plum- 
beous tinge; feet Muscicapine, with attenuated tarsus and long- 
ish claws. Upper parts, sides of breast, and axillaries dusky 
