132 Mr. R. Swinhoe on the Orrathology of Amu y (China). 



with but very little reddish. This may, however, vary in more 

 northerly specimens. The iris is of a dark blackish-brown. 



TURDUS CHRYSOLAUS, Sp. 57. 



After this bird should be inserted, as one of the unrecognized 

 species of Thrush, Turdus cordis of the ' Fauna Japonica/ 

 This small but handsome bird, so remarkable for the changes 

 which it undergoes, from the plumage of a true Turdus to that 

 of a Merula, seeming to form a link between the two subgenera, 

 visits us chiefly during winter and at the commencement of the 

 spring. It appears to vary a good deal in size. 



LaNIUS BUCEPHALUS, Sp. 77. 



The bird mentioned as the only one met with is evidently a 

 female, answering in every respect to the description of that sex 

 in the ' Fauna Japonica/ 



Alauda ccelivox, sp. 98. 



This bird differs from the A.japonica of the ' Fauna Japonica ' 

 in being much smaller. The largest specimen that I have is 

 one inch shorter, though the wing is of the same length. The 

 inner toe is 1|^ lines longer than the outer, instead of being 

 shorter ; and the beak is longer. 



Our bird is a southern species in China, not being found so 

 far north even as Shanghai. If, then, A.japonica differs from 

 A. malabarica, oviv A. ccelivox, I should say, undoubtedly differs 

 from both. 



Ardetta sinensis, sp. 119. 



After this should be added as a species Butorides javanica 

 (Horsf.), a few of which spend the summer in this neigh- 

 bourhood. 



ToTANUs PULVERULENTUS, Miill. & Schleg. 



A specimen of this bird is in the collection of Mr. G. Schlegel 

 of Amoy ; and it should therefore be added to the list after 

 Tetanus ochropus (sp. 125). 



Gallinago solitaria ?, sp. 133. 



This is certainly not the species described as Scolopax solitaria 

 in the ' Fauna Japonica.' In September last I procured another 



