the Lower Yangtse Basin. 287 



15 a. Garrulax picticollis Swinhoe. 



Specimens of this handsome Babbler^ which is abundant 

 in the wooded mountains o£ Chekiang and Fohkien^ were 

 obtained in the neighbourhood of Chinteh in Anhwei 

 Province. 



16 G. Ianthocincla ciNEREiCEPs (Styau). 

 Trochalopteron cinereiceps Styan^ Ibis^ 1887, p, 166. 

 Specimens from the Chinteh district. Tliis bird, a good 



account of the habits of which was given by Mr. Rickett in 

 ' The Ibis/ 1897, p. 605, has a wide range, being common in 

 Fohkien, Chekiang, up the Yangtse to Hupeh, and lately I 

 have received one from Lung An, in the extreme N.W. of 

 Sechuen. 



17 a. PoMATORHiNus swiNHOEi David. 



Also from the neighbourhood of Chinteh, Anhwei. 



22 a. Paradoxornis gularis Gray. 



From the same district. Specimens shot in October and 

 November are in fine newly-moulted plumage, the underparts 

 washed with a creamy-yellow tinge. These birds congregate 

 in large flocks, and are much less shy than P. guttaticoUis, 

 They are frequently found in dense cover, where shooting is 

 almost impossible, but in more open country will allow their 

 ranks to be decimated without much apparent concern. 



40 a. Regulus cristatus (Linn.) . 



Two pairs shot at Lang Shan (famous for its breed of 

 fowls), Kiangsu, near the mouth of the Yangtse, in February. 



45 a. Arundinax AEDON (Pall.). 



A single specimen obtained at Kiukiang in May. This 

 bird is no doubt frequently overlooked owing to its very close 

 general resemblance to Acroceplialus orientalis. 



46 fl. LOCUSTELLA OCHOTENSrs (Midd.). 



Two killed at Shanghai on 3rd and 4tli June, a date which 

 makes it probable that they breed in the neighbourhood. 



51a. Urosphena ussuRiANA (Seebohm). 

 A single specimen obtained at Chinteh, iVuhwei. The 

 upper parts are dull olive-brown instead of warm chocolate. 



