of Hongkong, Macao, and Canton. 43 



and describe, and merely confine myself to the notes in my 

 journal. • 



Length 7| in. ; wing 2\, tail 3f, expanse 9f . Bill and legs 

 black. Inside of mouth flesh-colour. Eyes hazel. Gizzard 

 roundish, musculai", and much flattened, lined with an adherent 

 rugose cuticle of a brownish-yellow colour ; containing remains 

 of caterpillars. Testicles white, and elongo-ovate, ^ in. long ; 

 the left one longer than the right. Intestine rather thin ; caeca 

 ^ in. from the anus, about y^ in. long*. 



66. DiCRURUs MACROCERCus, Vieill. 



This bird occurs, but not abundantly. Formosa is the only 

 place where I have seen it in any abundance. 



Q7. Lanius schach, Gm. (Sparrow King.) Cantonese, 

 '' Ma chow wong." 



Very numerous everywhere. The bird in the south is smaller, 

 and less rufous on the rump, than that at Amoy, and I dare say 

 goes on decreasing in size towards the Straits, whence I have 

 seen very diminutive varieties. 



68. Lanius lucionensis, Linn. 



Passing over, I observed two one morning at Hongkong. 



69. CoRvus pectoralis, Gould. 



Common. The black species which occurs at Swatow and 

 Foochow, and which ]Mr. Blyth tells me is C. sinensis of Gould, 

 I did not see once at Canton. 



70. Pica sericea, Gould. 

 Common everywhere. 



71. Urocissa sinensis (Linn.). 



These handsome birds are often to be seen about the woods 

 at Hongkong. You see a long-tailed form flying over the low 

 trees with a direct flight, executed by short constant flaps, like 

 that of a Magpie, the tail being held in nearly the same hori- 

 zontal line as the body. The fii'st disappears, into a thick leafy 



* This is certainly distinct from P. cinereus; but I rather doubt Mr. 

 Swinhoe's male bird being in full plumage. The female shows a distinct 

 yellowish bar on the wing. This ought to be red in the male by analog)'^, 

 but is white. I should like to examine further specimens before describing 

 it.— P.L. S. 



