432 Rev. II. H. Slater on a Collection of 



Alcedo bengalensis, Gm. 



Three examples. Very common on the Yangtse, espeeially 

 ou the upper reaches. 



Phylloscopus superciliosus (Gm.). 

 One specimen from Hankow. 



RUTICILLA AUROREA (Pall.). 



Three specimens — (^ in full summer plumage, ^ assuming 

 winter plumage, $ . 



Very common by the Yangtse in Szechuen province. 



RUTICILLA FULIGINOSA (Vig.) . 



Three males. This Himalayan species seems to be found 

 in all the western provinces of China, north as well as south, 

 on the courses of mountain-streams. Swinhoe apparently 

 considered it confined to South China and Formosa. It 

 is very common on the Yangtse in Szechuen, from Ichang 

 upwards. 



ChIMARRORNIS JjEUCOCEPHALA (Vig.) . 



Four examples. Very abundant on streams in Szechuen 

 and west of Ichang in Hoopih. 



NeMURA CYANURA (Pall.). 



One mutilated female from Szechuen. 



Parus monticola, Vig. 



One specimen, obtained on the river somewhere in 

 Szechuen ; usually a bird confined to high altitudes. 



From the description of this bird in Pere David^s 'Oiseaux 

 de la Chine ' I should imagine that the tertiaries only were 

 tipped with white ; but in my specimen both secondaries and 

 tertiaries are so. All the remiges, moreover, are bordered 

 with white on their inner web, which border is broadest where 

 primaries end and secondaries begin. Lastly, the measure- 

 ments given by David are — tarsus *8 inch and beak '35 inch ; 

 in my specimen they are '7 inch and "4 inch respectively. 



The species is very like P. major, from which it differs in 

 having slenderer toes and tarsus, a slenderer bill, and the 

 middle as well as greater wing-coverts edged with white. 



