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46. Siberian Flycatcher. Butalis sibirica [Gmeh). 

 This was amongst the summer arrivals; and on the 31st 



May Mr. Campbell sent me from Lighthouse Island three 

 females and one male. Both sexes abounded in fat ; the males 

 had small black testes, and the females only diminutive eggs, 

 both thus showing that they had further yet to travel. Still 

 some few must have bred not far from us ; for on the 15 th 

 Sept. I got a full-plumaged young bird in the spotted dress. 

 This was also obtained at Lighthouse Island; so it might have 

 come across the gulf. I took down the following note on a 

 fresh female : — 



'' ? . Length 5 inches. Wing 3 2, first quill -45, second "2 

 shorter than the third, which is the longest in the wing, and 

 slightly longer than the fourth ; wing-tip '88 longer than the 

 tertiaries, '75 short of tail-tip. Tail 2 inches, centrals '2 

 shorter than the rest, which are equal.'^ 



The immature bird is darker in plumage than the adults, and 

 is at once distinguishable by the small arrow-head shaped 

 yellowish spots that speckle its upper parts, larger on the 

 rump and upper tail-coverts. Its breast and belly are mot- 

 tled with blackish spots on a white ground. 



47. Small Greyish-white Flycatcher. Butalis lati- 

 rostris, Raffles. 



A male of this species was received with the adults of the 

 foregoing on the 21st May. We already know that it is a 

 summer visitant to Amoorland. 



48. Eastern Robin Flycatcher, Erythrosierna albicilla 

 (Pall.). 



I received from Mr. Campbell on the 15th May a female 

 of this species with a white throat. It was unfortunately too 

 shattered to preserve. On the China coast in winter we 

 usually get white-throated examples, either females or imma- 

 ture birds ; but I procured one at Pekin on the 15th Septem- 

 ber, 1868, the throat of which is partly red. This I believe 

 to be a young male. 



49. Blue Magpie. Cyanopolius cyanus (Pall.). 



The bird of this description is larger at Chefoo, with a dis- 



