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tail-covertSj and brown unbarred tail, is dated 30th November, 

 and seems to prove that our Marsh-Harrier goes to China. 



34. Circus spilonotus. 



A male, dated Kiukiaug, 17th November, with the belly, 

 thighs, and under tail-coverts white, with traces only of 

 chestnut spots or shaft-lines, but with a barred tail, seems to 

 belong unquestionably to the eastern form of the Marsh- 

 Harrier. A female, dated a week later, has the tail more 

 broadly barred, and the ground-colour of the underparts 

 rufous instead of white. In both the primaries are barred. 



40. Athene whitelyi. 



An example dated Poyang Lake, January, seems to prove 

 that all these Owls do not migrate south in winter, 



55. Otus brachyotus. 



An example, dated Kiukiang, 28th April, is rufous. 



66. HlRUNDO GUTTURALIS. 



Kiukiang, 15th July. 



77. Halcyon pileatus. 

 An example, bought alive. 



78. Alcedo bengalensis. 

 Kiukiang, July and September. 



82. Upupa epops. 

 Kiukiang, December. 



106. Suya striata. 

 Lushan, December. 



109. CiSTICOLA SCHCENICOLA. 



Kiukiang, 30th August. 



112. ACROCEPHALUS ORIENTALIS. 



Wuhn, 20th October. 



118. Cettia canturians. 

 Kiukiang, 11th April. 



139. Phylloscopus proregulus. 

 Two examples. 



