44 Mr. R. Swinhoe on the Ornithology 



tree, and is followed by a second, then a third and fourth, and 

 sometimes more. Presently one shows himself on an exposed 

 branch above, stretching out his red-billed head and whisking 

 impatiently his two white-tipped tail-streamers. He sees you 

 watching him, and at once sets up a cry of " pink-jnnk-pink," 

 followed by a loud chatter, in which his comrades join, and you 

 catch glimpses of violet and blue as they hasten from one tree 

 to another in a contrary direction, until the distant sound of the 

 "pink-jnnk " note tells your ear that the Redlegs are far through 

 the woods. 



72. AcRiDOTHEREs CRisTATELLUs (Liuu.). Cautonesc, "Lent 

 ko." 



Very common. I dissected a female. Gizzard oval, about 

 1 in. long, I broad, and | deep ; somewhat muscular, containing 

 chiefly coleoptera ; the inside was lined with a moveable cuticle, 

 longitudinally as well as transversely furrowed. Cseca : left /^^in., 

 right j^ in. in length. Around the intestines occurred several 

 tape-worms {Ttenia) , the longest 1^ inch, and about g in. broad ; 

 whitish, and of nearly the same width to the end of the tail. The 

 head was leech-like, and kept changing its form by its expansive 

 and retractile power, at one time looking like a ball, then 

 lengthening into a spatula, — then, the lip being drawn back, 

 resembling a thistle-head. These curious little creatures lived 

 some hours in water. 



73. Gracupica nigbicollis (Paykull). 

 Somewhat rarer here than at Amoy. 



74. Temenuchus turdiformis (Wagler). Cantonese, "Fooerj 

 gang.'' 



I first observed it in April, when large flocks of them arrived 

 at Canton, and were to be seen on almost every tree. Is it 

 found in summer also in Pegu ? It is abundant at Amoy in 

 summer, but its migrations do not extend so far northward as 

 Foochow. , 



75. Temenuchus sericeus (Lath.). 



76. Temenuchus cineraceus (Temm.). 



I observed flocks of both these on the main opposite Hong- 

 kong during February. 



