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Show 372 MR. R. SWINHOE ON THE BIRDS OF CHINA. [May 2, 264. GARRULAX MONACHUS, Swinh. Ibis, 1870, p. 248. Hainan. 265. IANTUOCINCLA PCECILORHYNCHA (Gould). Garrulax pwcilorhynchus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1862, p. 281; B. of As. pl. ; Ibis, 1863, p. 283, 1866, p. 303. Formosa. 266. CINCLOSOMA ARTEMISI_E, David, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. April 1871, p. 256. Allied to G. ocellatum, Vigors, of the Himalayas. Procured by Pere David at Moupin, Western Szechuen. 267. TROCHALOPTERUM FORMOSUM, J. Verr. Nouv. Arch. 1869, Bull. p. 35. . " General tint olivaceous rust-colour ; head grey, lanceolated with black ; throat and front of neck of this last colour ; a great portion of the wings and of the upper surface of the tail blood-red. Belly and abdomen olivaceous."-J. Verreaux. Sent by Pere David from Moupin. Two other species of this genus, also from Moupin, remain to be described. 268. CONOSTOMA iEMODIUM, Hodgs. J. A. S. x. p. 856. Sent from Moupin by Pere David. 269. PARADOXORNIS FLAVIROSTRIS, Gould, P. Z. S. 1836, p. 17. Sent from Moupin by Pere David. 270. HETEROMORPHA UNICOLOR, Hodgs. J. A. S. xii. p. 448. Sent from Moupin by Pere David. Like this in coloration is a curious species, also from Moupin, with one of its toes rudimentary. 271. SUTHORA BULOMACHUS, Swinh. Ibis, 1866, pp. 299, 303, pl. 9. The lower hills of Formosa. 272. SUTHORA SUFFUSA, n. sp. A smaller conspecies of the last, with the hind neck of a richer rufous and more definitely separated from the greyish olive of the back. Back washed with rufous in the other, blending with the rufous of the head. Bill smaller. Legs and feet much smaller; wing 2 inches, tail 2*5. Seen in small parties in spring about the mountainous sides of the gorges on the Upper Yangtsze. 273. SUTHORA WEBBIANA, G. R. Gray, P. Z. S. 1852, p. 70; Gould, B. of As. pl.; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 271. Abundant about the hedges near Ningpo and Shanghai; mountains of Pekin (David). Kept in Shanghai for its fighting-qualities. |