36 Mr. R. Swiuhoe on the Ornithology 



39. BUDYTES FLAVAj LillU. ? 



Several of these were feeding in some freshly- ploughed fields 

 at Macao. I could only secure one, and am still in great doubt 

 as to the exact species to which it belongs. 



40. Anthus thermophilus, Hodgs. 

 Very abundant. 



41. Anthus agilis, Sykes. 



Numbers of this lively species are constantly to be met with 

 among the grass and underwood beneath the small pine-trees at 

 Hongkong. As you stroll through a plantation of these firs, the 

 little fellows spring up with a note " see " (strongly sibilant), and 

 with a curved flight alight on the branches above, on which 

 they walk up and down, often uttering their note and shaking 

 the tail. Each step you take puts up one at least, and as soon as 

 you have passed, they drop quietly on to the ground behind you, 

 and resume their pursuit of food. 



42. Anthus richardi, Vieill. 



A few spend the summer in the south. 



43. Myiophoxus c.eruleus (Scop.). 



In the solitudes of the rocky ravines at Hongkong this bird 

 may often be seen. It is very shy, and loves to stand for hours 

 in the cavernous retreats afforded by the large black rocks that 

 lie in massive confusion along the gullies or water-courses on 

 the hill-sides. If you wish to see the bird, you have only to go 

 to some solitary part of the valley, and, seating yourself on a 

 rock, keep quite still for a few minutes. You are sure soon to 

 see a Cavern-bird make his appearance on a rock near you. He 

 at once spies you, and, flying off to a safer distance, appears to 

 advantage on a neighbouring boulder. See ! he runs up it; and, 

 leaning his body forward on his long black legs, he keeps raising 

 and depressing his tail, at the same time opening and shutting 

 it in a shuffling manner. He then darts, with a single sharp 

 note approaching a scream, among the leaves of a bush, the deep 

 purple and blue of his plumage glistening in the sunlight. He 

 has seized a caterpillar, and returns with it in his bill to the rock, 

 whence he eyes the intruder on his solitude, while he beats and 



