Mr. E. Swinhoe on a new Bird from Formosa. 473 
it would appear that the latter was the common bird; for Mr. 
A. 0. Hume does not include D. arcuata at all in his “ Birds 
of Upper Pegu” (S. F. iii. p. 193). 
I have taken the eggs in August and September. One 
sitting, much incubated, which I found on the 14th Sep¬ 
tember, was very much stained; but all the fresh eggs that I 
have seen were pure white. 
The Whistling Teal often pretends to be unable to fly 
when disturbed from her nest. I once saw an Eagle swoop 
at a female Whistler as she was fluttering along the ground 
in front of me. 
For some general remarks on the district of Karen-nee my 
previous paper (Ibis, 1875, p. 348) may be referred to. 
XLI.— On a new Bird from Formosa. 
By E. Swinhoe, F.E.S. &c. 
(Plate XIV.) 
Dr. Steere, whose ornithological discoveries in the Philip¬ 
pines have lately attracted so much attention, also visited 
Formosa during his travels in the east. The portion of the 
island traversed by him lay towards the southern extremity, 
where he penetrated into the mountains of the interior, not 
visited by me. Amongst several interesting species ob¬ 
tained by him and submitted to me, such as Suthora bulo- 
machus , Sibia auricularis , Garrulax taivanus , &c., was a Lio- 
thrix- like bird, which is quite new to me. Wishing for 
further information, I waited until I had an opportunity of 
showing the specimen to Lord Tweeddale. It was new also 
to him ; and he writes, “ It is another evidence of the close 
connexion that must have existed formerly between Formosa 
and the Himalayan chain.” I will therefore bring forward 
this species under the generic name. 
Liocichla, gen. nov. 
In general characters a Liothrix , but with the stronger 
legs and shorter wings of a Garrulax , and somewhat allied 
to Sibia. 
