Mr. R. Swiuhoe on the Ornithologij of Amoy (China). 131 



These beetles had in every case their long hind legs reversed, 

 and were quite dead. 



CiSTICOLA TINTINNABULANS, Sp. 29. 



I have compared this spedes with C brunneiceps of the ' Fauna 

 Japonica/ and note the following differences : — Ours is half an 

 inch longer in whole length, and five lines shorter in the wing. 

 The first quill is very short, instead of being nearly equal to the 

 second. The latter is 1| lines shorter than the third, fourth, and 

 fifth, which are equal and longest. The bill, too, is longer. The 

 feathers of the head are bordered with yellowish-brown. No 

 greyish-brown occurs on the breast ; but the medial line from 

 the throat to the vent is pure white, more or less margined with 

 sienna-bufi" on both sides. 



Arundinax canturians, sp. 32. 



I have compared this with the descriptions of Salicaria can- 

 tans and ;S^. cantillans given in the ' Fauna Japonica ; ' and though 

 closely allied to the former, it certainly is not the same. The 

 S. cantans seems to bear to the S. cantillans the same analogy 

 that this species bears to Arundinax minutus. 



Nemura rufilata, sp. 43. 



This is evidently the bird described in the ' Fauna Japonica ' 

 under the term Lusciola cijanura (Pallas), and there stated to be 

 found in Siberia and Japan. 



Parus minor, sp. 45. 



This species is certainly that of the * Fauna Japonica.^ It 

 prevails along the coast of China, from Hong-Kong to Shang- 

 hai. Parus trivirgatus is common at Shanghai, but is not met 

 with so far south as this. 



ZOSTEROPS JAPONICUS, Sp. 46. 



This answers in every respect to the bird described in the 

 ' Fauna Japonica,' except that the first quill, though very minute, 

 is yet not wanting. The bill and legs are of a slaty-blue when 

 the bird is alive, and not of a blacUsh-hroion horn-colour (an 

 error evidently attributable to the description being taken from 

 a dried skin). The breast and flanks are of a pale dingy colour. 



