296 Mr. F. W. Styan on 



LOPHOBASILEUS ELEGANS Pl'ZeW. 



Two labelled (^ , in plumage of $, probably young; 

 Tung-pei, October. They were shot in a fir-tree, and are 

 described as quiet birds^ sitting motionless on a branch 

 and occasionally springing into the air after insects. 



Parus monticola Vig. 



Yang-liu-pa, June, August, and November. 



Parus palustris L. 

 Tung-pei. 



Parus beavani Blyth. 



A single example ; Tung-pei, October. 



Sitta PREzwALSKii Bcrezovsky & Bianchi. 

 Two specimens of this near ally of S. leucopsis were killed 

 at Tung-pei in November. Originally discovered in Kansu. 



TiCHODROMA MURARIA L. 



Sungpan, October; Lung An, December. 



MoTAciLLA HODGsoNi Gray. 



Yang-liu-pa, June; Lung An, Sungpan, November; 

 Ho-chia-san, January. 



Accentor rubeculoides (Hodgson). 

 Sungpan, Tung-pei, November. 



PeRICROCOTUS BREVIROSTRIS (Vig.). 



An adult and a nestling ; Yang-liu-pa, June. 



jEthopyga dabryi (Verr.). 

 Yang-liu-pa, June. 



Pyrrhula erithacus Blyth. 



A pair shot off the nest in August, Yang-liu-pa. Un- 

 fortunately I stowed away the eggs, which numbered four, 

 without measuring or describing them ; but I remember 

 they were pale bluish ground-colour with dark scratchings — 

 more of the Hawfinch type than that of our common Bull- 

 finch. 



Carpodacus dubius (Przew.). 

 Tung-pei, Sungpan, October. 



