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Mr. Sharpe (Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 485) that the old birds 

 having once obtained their black back, never lose it again in 

 the winter. One specimen killed in October has only a 

 slight trace of the pectoral black band — apparently an indi- 

 vidual peculiarity. 



57. MoTAciLLA OCULARIS, Swiuhoe. 

 April, October, November, December. 



58. MOTACILLA MELANOPE, Pall. 



Five specimens, all of which have the short tail peculiar 

 to the eastern race. April, November, December. 



59. MoTACiLLA FLAVA, Limi. May, September. 



60. MoTAciLLA TAiVANA (Swiuli.) . April, December. 



61. Anthus maculatus, Hodgs. 

 A. agilis, Swinhoe (nee Sykes). 

 February, April, November. 



62. Anthus japonicus, T. & S. December, March. 



63. Anthus cervinus (Pall.). 



March, April, May, October, December. 



64. Anthus gustavi, Swinh. 

 A pair dated May. 



65. Anthus richardi, Vieill. 



A series of twenty skins ; six of them killed in October, 

 one being in very fine plumage, having just completed its 

 moult ; three others killed in the above month, with one in 

 March and another in April, are all in process of moult. 



66. Hypsipetes leucocephalus (Gm.). 



Three males killed 28th February and 7th March. Two 

 are not quite adult; the feathers of the lower parts are 

 slightly edged with white, especially on the abdomen and 

 under tail-coverts ; the black of the lower parts extends up 

 over the breast, and in one of them partially on to the throat. 

 The third specimen is more immature, the lower parts being 

 dusky brown. 



67. Pycnonotus sinensis (Gm.). 



