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which make it appear to have two white bars across the wing 

 instead of one. 



Parus minor, Temra. & Schl. 



Three specimens from Szcchucn, wliere it seems to be 

 common. 



MoTACILLA BAIKALENSIS, SwinhoC. 



Swinlioe conjectured that a bird seen, but not shot, by 

 him on the Upper Yangtse was of this species ; and doubtless 

 he w^as right, I have three specimens from thence ; and my 

 sister, Mrs. Greig, tells me that it is very common by that 

 river in the province of Szcchuen. It is very like M. alba, 

 but has more white on the Aving-coverts, and the colours are 

 generally more distinct, the pectoral band being broader and 

 darker {vide Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 363). 



MoTACiLLA (Calobates) melanope (Pall.). 



One specimen of the short-tailed form, a male in autumn 

 plumage. It is curious as having a tail shorter by -j^^, inch 

 than any of the large series Mr. Dresser examined while 

 engaged on the 'Birds of Europe,' viz. 3*3 inches. Szcchuen 

 province. 



Anthus AGiLis, Sykes. 



One example. Abundant in China in summer. 



MONTICOLA SAXATILIS (LinU.). 



Three examples. Two are males in winter plumage, and 

 have only some half-dozen feathers between them to substan- 

 tiate their claim to this name (a few rusty feathers about 

 the anus), their plumage otherwise being exactly like the 

 winter plumage of Monticola cyanus. I believe it was this 

 plumage which gained its wearer the name M. affinis (Blyth) . 

 The third is a female in spotted dress. 



Common by the Yangtse in Szcchuen and Hoopih pro- 

 vinces wherever there are rocks. 



Hemixus xanthorrhous (Anders.). 



Three examples from Szcchuen and Hoopih proviiices, 

 where it is pretty abundant. 



