Birds oj Manchuria. 445 



Museum there are specimens, collected by Seebohm at 

 Krasnoyarsk, that agree perfectly with mine. Hartcrt 

 gives the distribution of this race as follows : — " Must be a 

 breeding bird in West Siberia, at least as far (east) as 

 Krasnoyarsk, Turkestan ; Persia to Palestine (?). In winter 

 it is common on the north side of the Caucasus, and as far 

 as Algeria, Tunis, and Egypt. 



72. Alauda arvensis pekinensis. 

 Hart. p. 248. 



Bianchi records this form of Skylark from Yingtzu 

 (Jan. 24 and S Oct. 10, 1901). 



73. Galeridacristataleantungensis. Liao-Tung Crested 

 Lark. 



Hart. p. 236. 



Capt. Karpow shot a male Crested Lark at Yingtzu on 

 Oct. 10, 1901, which Bianchi has named leantunyensis. 



74. Spodiopsar cineraceus (Temm.). Grey Starling. 

 Tacz. p. 544 ; Dresser, p. 402 ; Ingram, Ibis, 1908, p. 151. 



a. S • Khingan Mts., alt. 3600 ft. April 25, 1908. 



b, c. S ? juv. Chang-chun, Kirin Prov. July 6, 1908. 

 d. (Jjuv. Chu-chia Tai, Kirin Prov. Aug. 17, 1908. 

 e,f.S<S' (Yung Ling.) June 2, 1886. {E.J.) 

 Adult : iris yellowish-brown ; feet bright yellow ; bill 



orange. 



Immature : iris brown ; feet and bill yellow. 



Bianchi also records specimens from Yingtzu in the 

 extreme south, so that this Starling is probably found 

 throughout Manchuria. 



75. Nucifraga caryocatactes macrorhyncha Brehm. 

 Large-billed Nutcracker. 



Tacz. p. 540 ; Dresser, p. 409 ; Hart. p. 26. 



a. ? . Chang Pei-shan Mts. July ]2, 1886. 



b, c. c? ? . Wha-pi-Hoa Forests, Chang Pei-shan Mts. 

 July 18, 1886. 



" Iris dark brown ; feet and legs black *' {E. ,/.). 



