58 Mr. R. Svvinhoe 07i the Ornitlwlogij of Amoy (China). 



Length 4'7j wing 2*9; tail 2 ; bill '4, to gape '6, breadth of gape 

 •35 ; tarsus '5. Headandupper part of neck blackish gi'ey. Back 

 and scapulars reddish brown. Wings blackish brown, mar- 

 gined with burnt sienna. Rump and tail tile-red, the feathers 

 of the latter more or less marked with blackish. Throat and 

 fore neck white, yellowish on their sides. The rest of the lower 

 parts (excepting just the abdomen, which is white) reddish or 

 burnt-sienna ochre, more or less intense. 



70. Xanthopygia narcissina (Temm.). (X chrysophrys, 

 Blyth.) 



A rare spring visitant. 



71. Niltava CYANOMELiENA (Temm.), Faun. Japon. 



A rare spring straggler. 



72. Campephaga cinerea (Blyth) ? 



Of a deep bluish grey, with green-black wings and tail ; the 

 feathers of both tipped more or less with white, the graduated 

 tail-feathers deeply tipped. Vent white. Bill and legs black. 

 Length 9 ; wing 4"5 ; tail 3*7. This species occasionally shows 

 itself here in spring and in autumn. 



73. Pericrocotus cinereus, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1845, p. 94. 

 (P. motacilloides, mihi.) 



A female of this, or of a nearly allied species, appears to have 

 been described under the name P. cinereus. During the spring a 

 numerous party of these birds ai'rived, and stayed with us for 

 several days, the females exceeding the males in number about 

 live or more to one. The crops of those dissected contained 

 caterpillars and eggs of the large yellow bug [Tesseratoma de- 

 lessertii) . These birds had a very pretty thrilling note, like that 

 of the Canary, only much louder. When the flock was disturbed, 

 it would rise high, flying round and round in large circles, gra- 

 dually ascending, the individuals that composed it rising and 

 falling at irregular intervals, and constantly uttering their 

 notes. Suddenly, with a sweep, they would all descend into some 

 tree, and, settling at first on the top, would soon afterwards di- 

 sperse among the boughs to search for food. They were so 

 foolishly tame, that at the report of a gun they only hopped on 

 to another branch, though they witnessed the fall of one or more 



