of the Genus Fomatorhiiius. 
V6i) 
15. POMATORHINUS MUSICUS. 
Pomatorhinus musicus, Swinhoe, J. A. S. Shanghai^ ii. 
p. 228 (1857) j Ibis, 1863^ p. 284, pi. vi.; Dav. et Oust. Ois. 
de la Chine, p. 185. 
Allied to P. ruficollisj Hodgson, but larger. It has the 
crown deep olive-grey, and the nuchal collar much brighter 
and broader, covering part of the back; the flanks and sides 
of the belly of a bright ferruginous, fading into olive-brown 
towards the vent; the whole throat and breast pure white, 
the latter spotted with large oval black drops; the white ex¬ 
tending down the centre of the belly in some specimens. Spec, 
descr. mus. Tweeddale. 
The young bird is rather browner, but otherwise similar to 
the adult [Swinhoe ). 
Iris straw-colour; legs dusky leaden grey ; upper mandible 
brownish black, under and apical edge of half upper fleshy 
white, with wash of lemon [Swinhoe ]. 
Length 8*2 to 8’5 inches {Swinhoe), wing 3*2 to 3‘4, 
tarsus 1*25, bill from gape 1*05, tail 3*7. 
Hab. Formosa (Swinhoe). 
16. Pomatorhinus nigrostellatus. 
Pomatorhinus nigrostellatus, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 250. 
This species is very closely allied to P. musicus of the 
island of Formosa ; but, besides being a smaller bird (which 
character, as I have before pointed out, is of little value in 
this genus), the head is of the same bright olive-brown as the 
remainder of the upper parts, and the breast is much more 
thickly spotted and with much narrower black drops, which 
commence higher up on the throat and descend much lower 
on the breast. The ferruginous feathers of the flanks and 
belly have a narrow white margin, producing on these parts 
an appearance of striation; the nuchal collar, which is much 
darker, only extends across the back of the neck, not joining 
into the ferruginous of the flanks. Spec, descr. mus. Tweeddale. 
Bill pale yellow, brownish black on the basal half of the 
culmen; legs and feet leaden grey; irides yellowish. 
^ and $ . Length about 7*37, wing 3, tail 3’4, of ten fea¬ 
thers [Swinhoe ). 
