52 Mr. R. Swinlioe on the Orrdthologxj of Amoy (China). 



been previously described; but I have not yet been able to 

 identify it. It may easily be distinguished by a line of black 

 over a yellowish streak above each eye. Length 5-25 ; wing 2*3 ; 

 tail 2-1, graduated; bill -5, to gape -6. Upper parts olive- 

 brown, tinged with sienna, redder on the rump and edgings of 

 the tail ; wings hair-brown, margined with the prevailing colour. 

 Throat, belly, and under wing-coverts whitish ; the rest of the 

 lower parts deeply washed with sienna buff. 



32. Arundinax canturians, n. sp. 



A mnter species in Amoy, but found in summer at Shanghai 

 uttering its notes, which are so rich and full as to make the 

 hearer expect a fine song coming. But, alas ! these three or four 

 notes are all that the bird possesses ; and, though you strain your 

 ear in listening, from the same bush you hear at intervals the 

 same few rich notes. 



Mr. Blyth observes on a skin sent him — " This seems very 

 like a second species of my genus Arundinax. The tail, how- 

 ever, is obscurely striated across, which I do not perceive in my 

 A. olivaceus ; and your bird has also a much stronger hind toe 

 and claw, quite disproportionately so as regards the anterior toes 

 The white of its wings underneath is remarkable. The tail is 

 less graduated than in A. olivaceus." 



It is probable that this may heSalicaria cantillans of the 'Fauna 

 Japonica.^ Length 6*5 ; wing 2*8 ; tail 2*9 ; bill '5, to gape "8 ; 

 tarsus 1*1, middle toe "85 ; hind toe '65. Forehead and crown of 

 the head rufous brown. Upper parts and tail olive-brown. Wings 

 hair-brov/n with yellowish brown margins. Throat, under wing- 

 coverts, and belly white. Eye-streak and remaining under parts 

 ochreous grey. Bill and feet brownish. 



33. Arundinax minutus, n. sp. 



This is a most singular miniature of the foregoing bird, resem- 

 bling it almost exactly in colour, but differing considerably in 

 size. Length 5; wing 2*2; tail 2*1; tarsus '85; middle toe "7, 

 hind toe '^. This bird is also more robust in build, and is much 

 rarer as a winter visitant here. The disproportionate size of the 

 hind the is not so conspicuous as in its congener. 



