of Hungkong, Macao, and Canton. 45 



77. COCCOTHRAUSTES MELANURUS (Gmcl.). 



Very abundant about Canton ; evidently breeds there in great 

 numbers. 



78. MuxiA MALACCA (Linn.). 



Flocks of these were observed at Macao and Whampoa. 



79. MuNiA MINIMA (Lath.). Cantonese, " Wo-kook." 

 Very abundant. Most of the court-yards throughout the city 



of Canton have this bird nesting in their trees. The little 

 fellows whisk about their pointed tails most vigorously, and utter 

 their call-trill when you draw near their nesting site. The nest 

 is a round domed construction of grasses and roots, not unlike 

 that of a Wren, and generally contains three white eggs. 



80. MuNIA RUBRONIGRA (HodgS.). 



I almost doubt whether this is a Chinese bird, as I have never 

 yet met with it in a wild state. It is occasionally to be seen in 

 cages, but I think comes from the Straits. 



81. Muni A oryzivora (Linn.). 



Wild at Hongkong during the early spring. 



82. LiGURiNUs siNicus (Linn.). Cantonese, " Kum sheong 

 shee." 



Abundant. 



83. Passer montanus (Linn.). 

 Found everywhere. 



Several other Finches were ofifered for sale in the Canton 

 bird-shops, all of which the dealers said came from Northern 

 China ; and this is not improbable, when we consider that such 

 birds as Loxia recurvirostra, Frintjilla montifringilla, and Passer 

 russatus were among the number. They are brought down in 

 numbers for sale by the Tien-tsin junks, that make half-yearly 

 passages southwards. At all events, as I have never seen these 

 birds in the open country, it is needless to swell my list with 

 their names. 



84. Emberiza fucata. Pall. 1 



o- T^ m All more or less common, 



8o. Lmberiza personata, lemm. ^ i t i- i i 



I and, I think, resident. 



86. Euspiza aureola (Pall.). j 



