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species is named by the Northern Chinese^ is numerous at 

 Chefoo, beinoj found in parties in every ckimp of high trees ; 

 and their large canopied nests of twigs may be seen in the 

 higher branches of most trees. 



This and the last were the only species of the Crow family 

 that I met with at Chefoo ; but in the Manuscript Illustra- 

 tions of the birds of the neighbourhood^ above referred to, 

 the following additional species are figured, with their names 

 in the vernacular attached ; — 



(1) Garrulus sinensis, Gould. Sung y^a (M. D. 9578, 

 11818), or Pine-Crow. 



(2) Corvus torquatus, Lesson. Yu iao y^a (M. D. 12560, 

 6923, ] 1818), or Gemmed Old Crow. 



(3) Fregilus gramlus (L.). Shan Iao y'a (M. D. 9087, 

 6923, 11818), or Hill Old Crow. 



51. Greyish Starling. Sturnus cineraceus, T. & S., Faun. 

 Jap. 



Flights of these birds were about the fields when we first 

 arrived at Chefoo ; but the natives never brought it to me 

 among their captures. On one occasion they brought three 

 eggs, w^hich I made out to belong to this species. They re- 

 sembled the eggs of Acridotheres cristatellus, of the south, 

 but were more ovate in form. 



52. Daurian Starlet. Sturnia daurica (Pall.). 



A specimen of this is figured in the Manuscript Illustra- 

 tions, adhering to a tree, with the name T^'ee-shoo-p^e (M. D. 

 10073, 9337, 3297), or Stick-to-the-bark. This name in 

 Peking is given to the Goatsucker. This I noted before (in 

 P. Z. S. 1870, p. 439), but, not knowing the Chinese cha- 

 racters, rendered the sounds as I understood their meaning. 

 The artist of the present work has evidently figured a wrong 

 bird. 



These little Starlings did not visit our houses and pry about 

 for breeding-sites as the Sturnia sinensis does in South 

 China. Carles shot a pair on the 28th of May in the " Bois de 

 Boulogne,^^ on which I took the following note : — 



" c? ■ Length 7 inches. Wing 4*3, 13 longer than ter- 



