at this elevation, about 7,000 feet, was very pleasant, 6o° or 65° in the day and about 45° or 55° at night, and, judging from the vegeta¬ tion, snow, if it ever falls here, does not lie. The flora is nothing like so rich and varied here as I expected, and it was too early for many flowers; but I saw a Mahonia very like the Himalayan M. Wallichi, and many ferns, among which was a Hymenophyllum.
On March 4th we returned to Arisan by the same path, and near the summit found a fire-crest wren, Regulus Goodfellowi, in little parties, but it is very hard to pick up these tiny birds when they fall among bamboos in steep rocky places. Another bird which I got lower down was a new species of Myzanthe, a little flower-pecker very near the Himalayan M. ignipectus. A small white Dendrobium and other orchids were common on the trees at 6,000 or 7,000 feet, and in a similar place farther north Price discovered a new species of Pleione named after him by Sir D. Prain, in the Botanical Magazine. These repeated references to plants, birds, butterflies and animals whose congeners are all highly characteristic of the Eastern Himalayas confirm most strongly the opinion which I formed many years ago, when the Formosan birds were only known from the collection of the late Consul Swinhoe, and when the plants of the higher ranges were entirely unknown, that the sub-region which I then christened “Himalo-Chinese” is perfectly natural and homogeneous.
On our return journey from Arisan to the plains we were accompanied by the local forest officer, Mr, Uyematsu, He showed me several new trees, among them a species of Castanea and three or four of the allied genus Castanopsis. Qnercus Kawakamii and another Quercus are also fine large trees, but I do not think any of these will prove hardy in Great Britain. At Toroen we camped in our own tent which hitherto had been little used, and enjoyed the place thoroughly, as the temperature was perfect. Near our camp I saw monkeys for the first time in Formosa, and shot some beautiful black and red Pericrocotus, a Dendrocitta, Nuthatches, Wood¬ peckers and Blue Flycatchers, all very like Himalayan species. Above our camp grew a fine scandent white-flowered Hydrangea and an Eriobotrya which proved to be new—a tree 50 feet high with white flowers smelling like a Hawthorn. Skinning birds and drying plants occupied a good deal of time here, and Price took some good photographs. The fine weather brought out a good many butterflies, among which were a fine species of Kallima, a large Papilio like Philoxenus and a Danais like D. tytia, We descended to the village of Sui-sha-rio in a hot valley where the policeman had, growing in pots, some nice orchids, among them a species of Anæctochilus with beautiful golden-veined leaves. He said this was scarce because the Chinese collected the plant for medicinal use. At Karaping there was a small and very primitive paper factory, where coarse paper was made from bamboo. A beautiful species of Styrax was in flower here, and I saw a wood-pigeon, which is the same as C. pulchricollis of the Eastern Himalayas.
On getting back to Kagi we found Mr. Kanehira, a very pleasant young English-speaking forest officer, who had been sent from Taihoku to assist us, and we arranged with him to visit the beautiful district of Horisha in the centre of the island. On March 10th we went by rail as far as
