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the mistake, as Verreaux showed me the specimen mouuted 

 in the Museum, as also coming from Pekin, and asked me 

 whether I considered it distinct from the smaller form, an- 

 other mounted specimen, which I recognized as my A. fle- 

 mingi. Yet Verreaux writes (Bull. p. 4), " c'est encore du 

 IMoupin que provieut I'unique sujet male que possede le 

 Museum, et qui fut tue en avril 18G9 par M. A. David.'' 



On the 22nd ]\Iay, at Chefoo, native birdcatchers brought 

 me a small Arundinax, like my A. minutus, but of a rather 

 larger size, with the throat coloured as the breast, and with 

 only a very little reddish on the forehead. I took the follow- 

 ing note on its appearance when fresh. It was a female 

 on dissection : — 



" ? . Length 5-4 inches. Wing 2*4; fourth and fifth quills 

 equal and longest, 1'4 short of tail, '5 longer than tertiaries. 

 Tail 2-4, graduated. Bill -4, to gape -7. Tarse -95. :\Iid- 

 dle toe and claw '08; hind toe and claw '5. Iris deep brown. 

 Bill brown, pale on tomia, and flesh-coloured at base. Legs 

 and feet brownish flesh-colour j claws light brown." 



24. DiMiNUTH'E Grasshopper-Lark. Locustella laticeo- 

 lata, Temm. 



In the last half of May this species arrived in numbers, and 

 almost every bush and patch of coarse grass on our hills had 

 its denizens. One perched on the Avindow-sill of my sitting- 

 room, and hopped along most tamely, throwing up its tail and 

 twitching its wings, but uttering no note. 



On the 31st Mr. Campbell sent me three pairs from Light- 

 house Island. Theii- sexual organs were small and black, and 

 the fat about the rump was abvmdant, suety, and hard, show- 

 ing that they were still " on the move." I took this note on 

 a fresh female : — 



" ? . Length 4*7 inches. Wing 228; first quill diminutive 

 (varies in size) ; second rather shorter than the third, which is 

 the longest, '34 longer than the tertiaries, 1-3 short of tail- 

 tip. Tail 1-95, much graduated and wedge-shaped, outer '7 

 short of centrals, and covered by under tail-coverts, which 

 rim -45 short of tip. Tarsus '05 in front ; middle toe and 



