88 Mr. R. Swinhoe on the Oriiithologij of Northern China. 



Galerida, most of the species of which are generally understood 

 to inhabit desert tracts. In this respect our species differs, for 

 in Talien it seemed quite as partial to the corn-fields as the true 

 Alauda. None of the Russian ornithologists (Pallas, Midden- 

 dorff, or v. Schrenck) notice a Crested Lark throughout Siberia ; 

 I feel, therefore, a greater confidence in considering my bird 

 distinct. 



17. COLUMBA LEUCOZONURA, SwiuhoC. 



This is certainly the Pigeon which Pallas, in his ' Zoograph. 

 Rosso- Asiat.^ (i. p. 560), describes as a rock-frequenting variety 

 of C. oenas, whence Bonaparte names it C. rupestris. My name 

 must therefore sink into a synonym. 



Now let us turn to the birds of Peking ('Ibis,' vol. iii. p. 323). 

 To this list my investigations, since my arrival in England, enable 

 me to make several necessary corrections ; and a fine series of 

 skins, collected by Mr. Fleming, of the Royal Artillery, and 

 kindly submitted for my inspection by Mr. Whiteley, naturalist, 

 of Woolwich, places it in my power to record several important 

 additions. 



3. Eagle Buzzard. Buteo ? 



The want of a defined tooth in the beak in my specimen led me 

 to refer this bird to the genus Buteo. It is a specimen of the 

 Saker Falcon — Falco sacer of Schlegel. 



5. Pied Harrier. Circus ? 



The bird observed by me must have been Circus melanoleucus 

 (Gm.), as Mr. Whiteley's collection contains one of that species. 

 It cannot therefore be referred to our Amoy Harrier, which Mr, 

 Gurney identifies with C. spilonotus, Kaup. 



9. ACCIPITER NISUS ? 



This specimen, as well as those procured by me in South 

 China, are all refei'red by Mr. Gurney to the true A. nisus of 

 Europe. 



From Mr. AVhiteley^s series I am enabled to add to the Peking 

 list four other Accipitres, namely, — 



(1.) PoLioRNis PYRRHOGENYs, Sclilcg. Fauu. Japon. 



There are in Mr. Flemmg's collection a pair of Buzzards, in 

 worn plumage, which Mr. Gurney considers to be of this species. 



