42 Mr. R. Swinhoe on the Ornithology 



brown, margined with reddish olive. Throat buff. Breast and 

 axillae olive, tinted with buff. Belly and vent white, touched 

 with the same colour. 



Length 6 in., wing 3|, expanse 9, tail 2\. 



Testicles in the male small and black. Gizzard roundish, f in. 

 in diameter, lined inside with a moveable rugose cuticle of an 

 ochreous colour, and containing for the most part small beetles, 

 most of which were unbroken. Intestines thick and fi-agile, 

 with no cseca. 



63. Campephaga ? 



This bird is occasionally seen at Amoy. I first met with it 

 at Macao on the 21st of March, where its loud notes, repeated 

 at intervals, attracted my attention. It was singing in a bush, 

 but on being disturbed flew up to the branch of a tree, whence 

 it continued to pour forth its notes. At Canton it was not un- 

 common . The immature bird is indistinctly barred on the under 

 parts, the tints are much lighter, and a broad white bar occurs 

 across the wing, visible when the bird flies. In this last charac- 

 teristic of the immature dress this species approaches the Peri- 

 crocoti, which in most cases have a white under-wing band. 



Mr. Blyth ignores the name which I have applied to it. I 

 must therefore leave the identification of the species to Mr. 

 Sclater; and I think it is very probable that it will prove 

 new*. 



64 Pericrocotus cinereus (Lafr.). 



This bird visited Hongkong in small flocks during the first 

 week in April, when I was enabled to procure a nice series of 

 males. A little later in the same month I saw a small party of 

 them at Canton ; but I am convinced that they were migrating, 

 and merely passing over. 



65. Pericrocotus cantonensis, n. sp. 

 A smaller species than the preceding, and evidently resident at 

 Canton. I send a male and female for Mr. Sclater to examine 



* This bird is a close ally of Volvocivora luguhris (Sund.) of India and 

 V.fimbriata (Temm.) of Java, which, I suspect, is distinct from the Indian 

 bird. The single specimen sent appears to agree best with the description 

 of V. melanoptera {Campephaga melanoptera, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xv. p. 307), 

 from Arracan. 



