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24. Small Grey Flycatcher. Butalis latirostris (Raffles). 

 A male shot in May. It is precisely the same as the bird 



that passes up and down the China coast on its vernal and 

 autumnal migrations. 



25. Narcissus Flycatcher. Xanthopygia narcissina (T. 

 &S.). 



A male procured in May. This species is very abundant 

 in South China during its migrations, but passes away in a 

 few days. The summer visitant at Ningpo and northwards 

 in China is the white-eyebrowed species, X tricolor, (Hartl.), 

 with the yellow-rumped female, which stays and breeds. The 

 present species with the yellow eyebrow, and the female with 

 whole-coloured back {Muscicapa hylocharis, Faun. Japon.), 

 we know, summers in Japan — I think, in the Corea also. 



26. Carrion-Crow. Corvus corone, L. 



The specimen shot is a male, shot in May. Its large size 

 made me at first rather doubtful as to its species ; but Mr. 

 Sclater, who kindly undertook to compare the specimen, con- 

 firms me in the present identification. It measures about 

 20j inches in length, wing 14^, tail 8^, tarse in front 2'2. 



Mr. W. Whitely brought home from Hakodadi a female, 

 shot on the 22nd October, of the same Crow. The occurrence 

 of this he neglected to insert in the list of birds from North 

 Japan that he published in 'The Ibis. ^ I have since pro- 

 cured his specimen. It measures only 12^ in the wing, with 

 a tail of 8 inches, the outer rectrix being one inch shorter 

 than the centrals ; tarse in front 2 inches. 



This species has not occurred in China from the island of 

 Hainan to Peking, except at the small island of Narchow, 

 near Hainan ; its place in China, Hainan, and Formosa, so 

 far as yet explored, being fomid to be occupied by the large- 

 billed, green-glossed Corvus sinensis of Gould. 



27. Greyish Starling. Sturnus cineraceus, Temm. 



A male shot in April, and a female in May. Identical with 

 the bird found in China. 



28. Red-cheeked Small Starling. Sturnia pyrrhogenys 



(T. &S.). 

 Male and female procured in May, and in fine breeding- 



