396 Mr. R. Swinhoe on Formosan Ornithology. 
inch; claw of outer toe about the same size as that of the middle 
toe; inner toe shorter than the outer, with the claw nearly as 
large as that on hind toe. Eyelids black. Bill bluish-black, 
pale at base of the lower mandible and tinged with orange. Cere 
olive-green. (These parts, however, are not very fresh, and may 
have changed colour.) Occiput with a few lengthened acumi¬ 
nate feathers." 
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February 15.— Alive Palumbuspulchricollis, Hodgs., that I 
had in a cage died this morning without giving me the oppor¬ 
tunity of hearing its note. Base of bill and tumid cere pinkish- 
purple ; apical half of bill pale yellow, with a slight tinge of lead- 
colour. Bare skin about the eye leaden-blue; eyelids black. 
Irides pearly, with a faint tint of yellow. 
On the 1st of March was brought to me from the interior a 
Grass-Owl, which strikes me as new. It appears to have its 
nearest ally in Stria! Candida , Tickell, of India. It is called by 
the natives the “ Monkey-face,” and 1 will hence introduce it as 
Strix pithecops, sp. nov. 
Length 15 inches. Wing 13*2 inches. The second quill 
slightly shorter than the first, which is the longest in the wing. 
Tail 4*8 inches long, of twelve soft feathers. Tarsus nearly 3*6 
inches long; middle toe and claw 2*5 inches. Bill yellowish 
horn-colour. Toes brownish flesh-colour, with greyish-brown 
claws. This bird answers in most respects to Dr. Jerdon's descrip¬ 
tion of S. Candida ; but in ours the ruff is white; the tarsus is 
feathered for nearly half its length, being bare on the hind part 
of the tibial joint, and partly so along its posterior edge. A few 
short tufts of feathers were scattered down the tarsi to within an 
inch of the toes; and among these pale stiff procumbent bristles 
occur which extend along the upper surface of each toe. Dr. 
Jerdon^s bird (B. Ind. i. p. 118) is “scarcely plumed at the 
knee.” I take this to mean that the feathers scarcely extend 
beyond the joint where the tibia meets the tarsus. Our bird 
further differs in having a broad yellowish-buff collar round the 
neck, which is imperfect and disconnected at the back. It also 
has a band of bark-brown feathers varied with buff running across 
the breast. These two last are also not mentioned by Dr. Jer- 
don as characteristics of the allied Indian form. I should say 
