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5. Pica rustica. 



This is one of the commonest birds in the province of 

 Chi Li, and is very plentiful and tame in the city itself. 



6. Urocissa erythrorhyncha. 



I did not see this bird wild, but bought some dead speci- 

 mens in the market in February. The Chinese keep a few 

 in captivity. 



7. Cyanopolius cyanus. 



Very common near Peking. The birds go about in flocks 

 of from ten to twenty, feeding mostly on the ground. They 

 are noisy, and have very varied hissing and metallic-sounding 

 notes. The members of a flock follow one another about 

 like Babblers. 



8. Parus minor. 



I purchased one caged specimen, but saw no wild birds, 

 nor did the bird-catchers bring me any. Pere David says 

 that this species is found in the mountains near Peking. 



9. Parus palustris. 



A common resident, very numerous in the Temple of 

 Heaven Park. 



10. ZOSTEROPS ERYTHROPLEURA. 



Several live specimens of this White-eye were brought in 

 by the bird-catchers at the end of May. 



11. Certhia familiaris. 



I shot two specimens during a very severe frost in January. 

 I saw no others. Pere David (quoted by Swinhoe, Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 350) says that the Tree-creeper is a rare 

 visitant to Peking in winter. 



12. Regulus cristatus. 



I saw and shot a few Goldcrests in the first fortnight of 

 January. 



13. LoCUSTELLA CERTHIOLA. 



Pallas's Grasshopper- Warbler occurred in small numbers 

 at the end of May. David and Oustalet ( f Oiseaux de la 

 Chine') did not meet with it at Peking. 



