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Yangtse Valley, and- sometimes found 

 on the plains. 



Nest and Eggs. — The nest is a com- 

 pact shallow cup of moss coarse grass 

 and strips of bark, lined with pine 

 needles and grass. The eggs are 

 yellowish white, spotted all over with 

 lavender gray and very dark red. 



Notes. — These birds are quite com- 

 mon in the bamboo covered hills 

 around Mokanshan. They have a very 

 pleasing song usually uttered on the 

 wing, something like the syllables, 

 " whit-la clee-eer ", repeated in various 

 combinations, with emphasis on the 

 last syllable. They also have a cry 

 much like the American Cat-bird 

 (Galeoscoptes carolinensis) which is 

 usually uttered from a perch. 



The Blue Bulbul, (Hysipetes amauro- 

 tis), is a south China species, occurring 

 in the Yangtse Valley only as a stray. 

 The upper plumage is brown washed 

 with blue. The throat and breast are 

 bluish gray, and the abdomen white. 



BLACK-HEADED FINCH-BILLED 

 BULBUL. 



SPIZIXOS SBMITOEQUES, SWINH. 



Description. — Length eight inches. 

 Bill yellow, thick and Finch-like. 

 Tarsus purplish-brown. Iris brown. 



Crown, cheeks, chin, and throat 

 black. Nape gray mixed with black. 

 There is a white collar extending from 

 the sides of the nape around the throat, 

 and some white mixed with the black 

 of the cheeks. Rich yellowish green 

 above, breast and flanks lighter. 



