62 Mr, R. Swinhoe on the Ornithology of Amoy (China). 



94. Embebiza canescens, n. sp. 



Small flocks of these occui* during winter. Male : length 5*1 j 

 wing 2*9 ; tail 2*5, and somewhat forked ; bill -35. Head and 

 neck sienna greyj crown^ cheeks, and throat becoming black 

 and having a frosted appearance. Back and scapulars black, 

 each feather broadly margined with white, and more or less 

 tinted with reddish sienna. Wings blackish brown, broadly 

 margined with tinted white. Under parts and rump white. 

 Tail blackish brown, having the two central feathers broadly 

 margined with white, the next hardly at all ; outer feathers white, 

 except a small basal portion of the inner web ; the second broadly 

 tipped with the same. The female is deeply tinged with reddish 

 brown above and reddish ochre beneath. Her wing measures 

 2-7. 



95. EuspizA PERsoNATA (Temm.). 



The commonest bunting here during winter. 



96. EUSPIZA AUREOLA (Pall.). 



Met with in flocks in winter, feeding on the ripening corn. 



97. Melophus lathami (Gray). 



A common winter species. A few breed in the neighbourhood. 



98. Alauda ccelivox, nobis. 



I have described this as a new species in the third volume of 

 the Nortb-China Branch of the Asiatic Society's ' Journal ;' but 

 further and closer comparison of the bird is needed before the 

 truth can be arrived at. 



99. YUNX TORQUILLA, LiuU. 



Common during winter. 



100. CucuLUs CANORUS, Linn, ? 



A bird of passage at Amoy, arriving in autumn and spring, 

 and sojourning here only a few days. It breeds in Shanghai. 



101. CucuLus TENUiRosTRis, Gray. 



A summer visitant ; has a loud-toned whistle, repeated four 

 times, and then terminating with a run. 



102. TuRTUR CHiNENsis (Scop.). {C.tigrina, Temm.) 

 Common everywhere from Hong-kong to Shanghai. 



