38 Mr. R. Svviuhoe on the Ornithology 



50. TuRDUS MANDARiNUS, Bp. Cantonese, " Woo-ymj." 



An abundant resident. Its sweet melody enlivens all the 

 gardens. The male and female greatly assimilate, and in this 

 respect differ much from the European Blackbird. Both sexes 

 have yellow bills in the summer ; but the plumage of the female 

 is browner than that of the male. It builds chiefly on the boughs 

 of the Banyan {Ficus nitida), making a nest scarcely distinguish- 

 able in aspect from that of the T. mei'ula. 



51. Petrocossyphus manillensis (Bodd.). 

 Numerous about the rocky hills. 



52. Garrulax perspicillatus (Gmel.). Cantonese, '' Sampa- 

 low." 



Frequents clumps of bamboos, where it chatters and makes a 

 great noise, often bursting out into the loud notes " teo-teo,'' 

 which appear to be the call from one to the other, and can be 

 heard at a long distance. It is a great enemy to the eggs and 

 young of small birds, and in habits approaches somewhat the 

 Jays. 



53. Leucodioptron canorum (Linn.). 



This is the ''Hwa-mei " or Song-Thrush of the Chinese. Mr. 

 Blyth tells me that the true Garrulax sinensis, Linn., is from the 

 Ten asserim Provinces. A. iew " Hwa-meis " may constantly be 

 heard singing among the bushes on the almost jjrecipitous sides 

 of the lofty hills of Hongkong. 



54. Oriolus chinensis, Linn. {O.acrorhjnchus, Vig.) Can- 

 tonese, " Woncj-gang." 



This Oriole occurred plenteously at Canton, and, from com- 

 parison of specimens, I find that both sexes vary considerably in 

 size, in the height of the culmen of the bill, and in the extent of 

 the yellow and black on the wings and tail, hence affording satis- 

 factory proof of the identity of the two speci.es, 0. sinensis and 

 0. acrorhynchus. I send specimens of both the supposed species 

 for comparison*. 



pletely with a male Tardus curdis in Mr. Gould's collection. It will be 

 interesting to know if these birds really breed in this jjlumage. — P. L. S. 



* Mr. Swinhoe's ten specimens all appear to be referable to one species — 

 without doubt the true O. chinensis. But it is still necessary to examine 



