Figures, Jard. et Selb. 111. Orn. pi. 6.3. Gould, B. Asia, pi. 19 

 Gray, Fasc. B. China, pi. vi. David et Oust. Ois. Chine, 

 pi. 92. 



Chinese. Hou-eull. 



English. Grey-necked Grosbeak. Black-tailed Grosbeak. Fork-tailed 

 Hawfinch. 



French. Le Gros-hec de la Chine. Le Gros-bec a queue noire. 



German. Dcr Schwarzschwdnzige Rernbeisser. Kernbeisser von China. 



Japanese. Shima-ikaru. 



Habit if. China, migrating into North China and Siberia during the 

 breeding season ; and Japan ? {Blaliston). 



Male. Head glossy black, encircled by a greyish-white line,which is blended into the neck 

 and throat ; back dull chocolate- brown, blending on to the rump, which is ashy-grey 

 with a white termination ; wings and coverts black, glossy steel-blue on the coverts 

 and secondaries ; tips of primary-coverts, secondaries, and ends of primaries white ; 

 upper tail-coverts and tail black, glossed with steel-blue ; centre of breast ashy-grey 

 like the rump ; sides of chest and sides chestnut brown ; abdomen and under tail- 

 coverts pure white ; thighs like the rump ; axillaries, and under wing-coverts black, 

 tips white ; under surface of wing blackish ; iris brown ; bill yellow, base, tip and 

 cutting edge purple, tinged with green ; feet fleshy-white : length 7-1, wing 3'95, tail 

 3-1, tars. 0-85, culm. 0-75. 



Ffmale. Similar to the male, but paler and without the black head, which is dark grey on 

 the crown ; cheeks, and chin grey like the breast ; wings nearly black, glossy steel-blue 

 on the secondaries ; lesser wing-coverts and tertials like the hind neck ; outer webs of 

 great co\'erts, and inner web of tertials glossy black ; tips of primary-coverts, outer webs 

 at the ends and tips of primaries, and tips of secondaries white ; rump dull grey, tinged 

 with pale brown ; upper tail-coverts and centre tail feathers slaty-grey, the outer ones 

 brownish, edges and tips steel-blue ; underparts like the male but paler ; iris brown ; 

 bill yellow with a very slight purple tip ; feet fleshy-white : length 6-7, wing 3-75, tail 

 2'8, tars. 0'75, culm. 0'75. 



Obser. The chestnut on the sides of the male is much richer in some specimens than 



others. 

 " Two males procured at Foochow with the ends of tlie primary quills entirely white. I 



liave observed this peculiarity in indi\ iduals of this species before." {R. Hwiiihoe). 



