Birds of Foochow and Swatow. 427 



-/-109. MuNiA ACUTiCAUDA, Hodgs. [495.] 



Resident and common at Foochow. I have not noticed it 

 about Swatow, but it may occur in the interior. 



^ 110. Passer montanus (Linn.). [490.] 



As in other parts of China, this is the common House- 

 Sparrow at Foochow and Swatow. 



~f- 111. Passer RUTiLANS, Temm. [491.] 



Resident and common about Foochow, both on tlie hills 

 and on the plain. It is probably a resident on the Swatow 

 hills, where I obtained it in winter and in April. 



^ 112. Chrysomitris spinus (Linn.). [485.] 



Obtained in February on the hills beyond Chao-chow-fu. 



Foochow native bird-sellers have told me that it occurs on 



the hills in that district. 



The Siskin is a very common and favourite cage-bird all 



over Eastern China. 



- 113. EoPHONA melanura (Gm.). [500.] 



Foochow and Swatow in winter and spring. It is very 

 abundant all over the country. 



114. Chlorospiza sinica (Linn.). [487.] 



A very common resident at Foochow, where it nests on the 

 high pines. Not noticed at Swatow. 



The Chinese Golden- wing is also kept as a cage-bird by the 

 Foochow natives, and I have seen it used to tell fortunes. 



•^ 115. Emberiza spodocephala. Pall. [475.] 



Foochow. Styan, Ibis, 1887, p. 228. 



Very common at Foochow and Swatow. It arrives at 

 Foochow in October, and remains till the end of April. 



116. Emberiza pusilla. Pall. [467.] 

 Foochow. Styan, Ibis, 1887, p. 228. 



Not uncommon on the hills during the winter. 



117. Emberiza fucata, Pall. [479.] 

 Foochow. Styan, Ibis, 1887, p. 228. 



Common in the Foochow district throughout the winter 



