288 On the Birds uf the Loioer Yangtse Basin. 



as in U. squamiceps, and the bill is much darker. It has 

 the same scaly appearance about the head, 



57 a. Alcippe hueti David. 

 Specimens from Chinteh, Anhwei. 



b7 b. SCHCENIPARUS BRUNNEUS (Gould). 



Alcippe brunnea Gould. 

 Also from Chiuteh, Anhwei. 



79 a. HyPSIPETES LEUCOCEPHALUS (Gm.). 



This species^ which has an extensive range, proves to be 

 common at Chinteh in summer, and it is only surprising that 

 it has not been met with elsewhere on the Yangtse up to 

 date. 



154a. Dendrocitta sinensis (Lath.). 

 Common in the Chinteh district. 



168 a. Megal^ema virens (Bodd.). 



Also from Chinteh. Rickett and I last year became very 

 familiar with this bird at Ching Feng Ling in Fohkien, and 

 it has for me a peculiar fascination. It usually frequents 

 high trees, where its bright colours are not noticeable ; but 

 its peculiar hovering flight, with rounded back and spread 

 tail, as it passes from branch to branch in search of berries, 

 is very striking, and is accompanied by an audible b-rrrr of 

 the wings. Its loud, ringing " cool-loo," sounding from some 

 high clump on the hillside, can be heard at a great distance, 

 and has a curiously plaintive charm about it. 



178 a, HiEROCOCCYX SPARVBRIOIDES (Vig.) . 



Under the heading H.fugax {' Ibis,^ 1891, p. 484) I men- 

 tioned the note of a Cuckoo frequently heard near Hankow 

 in spring, but only lately have been able to identify it for 

 certain with this species, when one was shot and given to me. 

 Just previously I had made personal acquaintance with the 

 bird among the hills behind Ningpo, where it was abundant in 

 April. It has a peculiar note, which may be rendered by the 

 syllables " pee-pee-wa.^^ This is uttered first moderately loud 

 in rather a low key; after a few seconds it is repeated louder and 

 higher; again a pause and another call, and so on in a crescendo 



