1921.] Birds of North-East Chihli. 9 



ai)cl in the nortli-western [)arts of the province. Swinhoe^s 

 Eared Pheas^ant [Crossopt'don muncliuricum) is also supposed 

 to occur in the Tung Ling and appears to be not uncommon 

 in the province of Sliansi. Neither of, these pheasants is 

 known in the mountains of this district. 



IDO. Coturnix coturnix (L,). 



CoturnioD communis 1). & O. j). 346 (part); La T. p. 579. 



The Common Quail passes Chinwangtao in March and 

 Aprilj and is very abundant during October and in the early 

 part of November. Some remain all the winter. 



19L Coturnix coturnix japonica T. & S. 



Coturnix communis 1). & O. p. 346 (part). 



Coturnix japonica La 'V. p. 579. 



The Japanese Quail is usually very abundant towards the 

 middle of May and some are to be found until the l)eginning 

 of June. It is again met with in August and September 

 and most probably breeds here. A live male example, 

 brought from Chilifeng in north Chihli by Mr. A. L. Hall 

 in October, had the characteristic red sides of head and 

 throat. This colour disappeared during the winter leaving 

 the bird with a streaked face and throat. Owing probably 

 to uniavourable food conditions, the red colouring was not 

 fully assumed until July following, and on the 14th of June 

 the sides of the head and throat liad still a good deal of 

 white. The red of the head and throat was again lost in the 

 autumn : the cheeks and throat became streaked with pale 

 red, a reddish-brown streak and a malar stripe of the same 

 colour remaining, 



192. Caccabis chukar pubescens Swinhoe. 



Caccabis chukar D. & O. p. 395. 



The Chukor is common in the mountainous parts of 

 north-eastern Chihli. Four eggs, taken in the Shanhaikuan 

 Mountains on the 4th of May, 1915, were brought to me 

 together with the hen bird. These eggs are highly glossy, buff, 

 speckled with dull pinkish led. One egg is thickly speckled 

 all over and has a slight cap, and large pink-red spots on the 



