30 Capt. H. A. Walton on 



71. Alauda arvensis. 



Very common during the winter, when many are caught 

 and eaten by the Chinese. It is probably a resident at 

 Peking. 



72. Galerita cristata. 



Not common. I shot a few in the autumn. 



73. Gecinus canus. 



A very common resident. This Woodpecker was especially 

 plentiful in the Temple of Heaven Park. It feeds a great 

 deal on the ground. 



74. Dendrocopus cabanisi. 



Common. Makes a very loud noise when tapping on a tree. 

 The sound is equally sonorous whether the branch is large or 

 small, and must be produced by the bird itself, irrespectively 

 of the degree of hollowness of the bough. This species 

 has a very loud, constantly repeated, " clucking " call. 



75. Iyngipicus scintilliceps. 



Common and resident. One of my specimens, a male, 

 shot in the middle of December, has the under parts uni- 

 form buffy white, with no trace of longitudinal stripes ; the 

 amount of white on the back is more extensive than in any 

 of the other skins. 



76. Alcedo ispida. 



Not at all common near Peking. 



77. Upupa epops. 



Vesy common and breeding in the spring. David and 

 Oustalet (' Oiseaux de la Chine ') mention that it some- 

 times occurs in Peking in the coldest weather of winter. I 

 shot one, which shewed no signs of having been in confine- 

 ment, on December 9th, during a week of very hard frost. 

 After that I saw no more Hoopoes until the middle of 

 March. 



78. Cypselus apus. 



Very common all through the summer. It arrived at 

 the end of April. 



