124 Mr. R. Swinhoe's Ornithological Notes made at Chefoo. 



varying in extent of red on the crown ; the oldest had most 

 red. The red spot on the breast was conspicuous in three of 

 their number. They all had dark irides^ not white, as in the 

 adult. They hopped about, climbing the legs of chairs most 

 nimbly, pecked furiously at one another, and cried out lustily 

 " chick-chick." 



68. Brown-bellied Pied Woodpecker. Hypopicus poli- 

 opsis, Swinh. 



This species, which I have only noted before near Pekin, 

 was not uncommon about Chefoo. On the 27th August a 

 male of the year was brought to me, and on the 8th September 

 an adult male. Both of these were procured by Mr. Campbell 

 at Lighthouse Island. The gizzard of the adult contained 

 the remains of the caterpillars of moths. The immature bird 

 had the mottled ruby crown of the adult male ; but its under 

 parts were much lighter, banded and mottled with black on 

 the under neck and breast. Its bill was lead-coloured, leaf- 

 green at base of lower mandible. Irides deep brown. Legs 

 and nails greenish leaden. The adult male is deeper-coloured 

 on the breast and belly than the Pekin bird, and has a 

 red spot on the centre of the breast, which is wanting in the 

 latter. 



69. Grey Woodpecker. Gecinus canus (L.). 



The Tsao-ta muh-tsze (M.D. 10561, 9687, 7800), or 

 " Scraper and Beater of Wood," of the Chinese, addicted to 

 copses of willows and low trees, is the commonest Woodpecker 

 at Chefoo. I have a female procured on the 12th October, 

 and one male and two female yearlings in the mottled plumage, 

 shot from the same tree by Constable Webster on the 11th 

 July. This species is not found so far south as Shanghai and 

 the Yangtsze plain, where it is replaced by G. guerini, Malh., 

 which again, at Foochow and in Formosa, yields to G. tancolo, 

 Gould. 



70. Eastern Wryneck. Yunx japonica, Bp. 



I neither saw nor got this bird ; but a very good illustration 

 of it is given in the Chinese manuscript of Chefoo orni- 



