the Lower Yangtse Basin. 3;^3 



tations in the silk-districts. Also scattered singly throughout 

 the open cultivated country. Seldom found at any elevation 

 over a few hundred feet. 



7. Merula fuscata (Pall.). 



(240.) Arrives and leaves about the same time as the last 

 species, with which it sometimes associates in flocks. I have 

 met with it at Kiukiang as late as 26th April. Gregarious; 

 not so abundant as M. naumanni-, prefers fir-woods on the 

 lower slopes and at the bases of hills to the open country. 



8. Geocichla siBiRiCA (Pall.). 



(231.) I have never met with this species, but both 

 Swinhoe and David state that it winters in China generally. 

 It passes through Chefoo in May and June, and there is 

 every probability of its passing through the Yangtse basin. 



9. Geocichla VARIA (Pall.). 



(244.) A scarce, shy bird, found skulking among the thick 

 cover of the hi.ii.. It probably winters south of the Yangtse, 

 as the few occasions on which I have met with it have been 

 in March and April. The skin of this bird is marvellously 

 tender, which makes it difficult to preserve. 



10. Myiophoneus c^ruleus (Scop.). 



(267.) Found on the mountain-streams throughout the 

 Yangtse basin. They live almost entirely among the boulders, 

 and being shy are seldom seen. I have once seen one alight 

 on a tree when disturbed, but they usually disappear into 

 hollows among the rocks. I believe they nest early in 

 April. 



11. MoNTicoLA sonTARius (Briss.) . 



(249.) Petrocincla manilla (Bodd.), Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 

 1871, p. 368. 



On the Lower Yangtse Rock-Thrushes are scarce, though 

 plentiful enough in the gorges of the upper river and on the 

 rocky islands off the coast. They are found on the Poyang 

 Lake, where they appear to be resident, as I have met with 

 them in December. A few pass through the cultivated dis- 

 tricts round Shanghai on migration in autumn. One killed 



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