442 Mr. R. Swinhoc's Ornithological Notes made at Chefoo. 



ruby throat ; in the female this is white. I ascertained the 

 sex of six with -white throats. It is true that at Amoy I found 

 males with white throats also ; but occasionally the occurrence 

 of a red feather in its midst proved that the white throat was 

 also the dress of immaturity. Pallas (Zoograph. liosso-Asiat. 

 i. p. 483) states that both sexes have the red throat. An 

 old female might occasionally possess it. 



31. Lesser Ox-eye. Parus minor, Temm. & Schleg. 



I both heard and saw this species in the " Bois de Bologne/' 

 and subsequently got a specimen^ which did not differ from 

 the birds at Ningpo. It is the only Tit I met with at Chefoo. 

 Figured in the MS. Illustrations as Tche-tchc-kang^ a name 

 without meaning, probably in imitation of its notes. 



3.2. MoLuccAX Titlark. Anthus gustavi, Swinh. 



Imagme my siu'prise when, on the 31st May, Mr. Camp- 

 bell, of Lighthouse Island, sent me fourteen of these Pipits, 

 amongst them six males and five females. I had found them 

 before at Amoy one spring, passing through in large numbers ; 

 but I had then no clue as to Avhere they went. In a day or two 

 they had all vanished from Chefoo. Judging from the nearly 

 equal number of the sexes procured, I should say the two 

 travelled in company, which is rarely the case among birds, 

 the males generally preceding the females. Besides, north- 

 wards, this species must have another line of route through 

 China; for since I have been in England this time, Mr. 

 Sclater sent me a specimen of this Pipit, received from M. 

 Taczanowski, of the Museum at Warsaw, to Avhom it was 

 sent from Lake Baikal by Dr. Dybowski. I took this note 

 from a fresh Chefoo specimen : — 



" $ Length 5*85. Wing 3*28; first quill the longest, 

 second and third gradatim slightly shorter, 1*15 short of 

 tail-tip, "85 longer than tcrtiaries. Tail 2*18, of twelve fea- 

 thers, and a little forked. Tarsi in front '85 ; middle toe and 

 claw '85 ; hind toe •45, its claw •47. Bill in front '45, from 

 gape '7. 



33. Eastern Tree-Pipit. Anthus agilis, Sykes. 



The only specimen I got of this Pipit was taken on the 4th 



