From a comparison of the Chinese birds it appears that those 

 from the southern portion of the empire are rather smaller, and 

 appear to me to have the feathering of the tar.sus extended a little 

 more to the base of the toes ; but this character, even if constant, is 

 very slightly developed, and by no means easy to affirm with cer- 

 tainty. The younger birds appear to me to be more rufescent, and 

 to have, as a rule, the bars on the fu'st primary less plainly dis- 

 tinguishable. 



Eastern Kiangsi. A male procured by Pere David in this district, 

 and now in the Paris Museum, recalls exactly Mr. Swinhoe's Hainan 

 and Tingchow specimens : breast streaked and tinged with fulvous ; 

 abdomen spotted, the spots commencing to occur also on the lower 

 breast ; first primary with a few bars ; tail with five bars. Total 

 length 10-5 inches, wing 8-3, tail 4-7, tarsus 1-05. 



Yun-nan. Dr. Anderson obtained a male bird at Quaylom, on the 

 banks of the Tah-peng river, on the 3rd of February, 1S75. It has 

 no bars on the first primary, but has five bands on the tail. Total 

 length 11 inches, wing 8*5, tail 5-1, tarsus 1-2. 



Burmah. Only three specimens have come under my notice from 

 this locality, two of them being lent to me by Dr. Anderson. A bird 

 from Bhamo is apparently adult, and has the first primaiy uniform, 

 with four bands on the tail. Total length 12 inches, wing 8-4, tail 

 5"25, tarsus 1'15. A female from Sawaddy, Upper Burmah, has 

 distinct fulvous bars on the first primary, and six bars on the tail. 

 Total length 12-5 inches, wing 8-2, tail 5-4, tarsus 1-2. Another 

 specimen from Rangoon has the first primary uniform, except for 

 indications of fulvous bars near the extreme base ; tail with five 

 bands, but one of the middle feathers having six bands and no white 

 tip. Total length 11-5 inches, wing 8*1, tail 5-5, tarsus 1-15. 



Cochin China. Two specimens are in the Paris Museum from this 



* Altliougli labelled with a ticket of Mr. Swinlioe's, this specimen bears every 

 trace of being a Malaccan skin, and, as will be seen on comparison, it agrees 

 exactly with the Malayan bird in measnrcments. I think it very probable that 

 the ticket has been accidentally changed on this bird. 



