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57. Eastern Hawfinch. Coccothraustes japonicus, Bp. 

 Name in the MS. Illustrations of this species T'ee Tsuy 



(M. D. 10087, 11209), or Iron-bill. I did not meet with 

 the bird at Chefoo. 



58. Black-tailed Grosbeak. Euphona melanura {Gmel.). 

 Name in the MS. Illustrations of this species Tsao-hwa 



(M. D. 10564, 4199), the 7>fl!0-flower (a water-flag or lily). 

 It did not occur to me. 



59. Masked Grosbeak. Eophona personal a (T. & S. F. 

 Japon.). 



Name in the MS. Illustrations La-tsuy (M. D. 6854, 

 11209), or Wax-bill. This is applied to the preceding in the 

 south, where this larger bird does not occur. 



60. Rose Finch. Carpodacus roseus (Pall.). 



In the MS. Illustrations as the Choo-sha-leao (M. D. 1256, 

 9065, 7060), or Cinnabar Finch. Pere David procured this 

 at Peking. 



61. Ruddy Bunting. Euspiza rutila (Pall.). 



On the 17th May the birdcatchers brought me a female 

 of this species. I had not seen this sex before, and was quite 

 at a loss as to what it was. A reference to PaUas^s ' Zoographia 

 Rosso- Asiatica' set me right. I took the following note on the 

 bird : — 



" ? . Length 5 inches. Wing 2-8 ; first, second, and third 

 quills nearly equal and longest, fourth a Kttle shorter ; wing- 

 tip '45 longer than tertiaries, 1*4 short of tail-tip. Tail 2. 

 Tarse "63, middle toe and claw '76. Legs and claws yellowish 

 flesh-brown, yellowish on soles. Bill brown on upper man- 

 dible, purplish flesh-colour on lower. The eggs in this spe- 

 cimens were not enlarged.^' 



About the end of May I got another female and a male 

 from Lighthouse Island. The species was evidently bound 

 further north. 



62. Painted Bunting. Emberiza fucata, Pall. 



I procured two males and three females of this pretty 

 species at the end of May, four of which were shot on Light- 

 house Island on the 3lst of that month. 



