the Lower Yangtse Basin. 337 



Fam, CiNCLiDiE. 

 25. CiNCLus PALLASi, Temm. 



(227.) Found on all the mountain-torrents of the larger 

 ranges, but never on the plains or among the lower hills. 

 They nest in March, and the young are hatched out about 

 the middle of the month. A pair in the Lushan Hills used 

 the same nest two consecutive years, after which some one 

 destroyed it. It was a large mass of dry moss, lined with 

 coarse grass, placed in an angular crevice of an overhanging 

 cliff, about ten feet above a pool. They are interesting birds 

 to watch, and not at all shy. 



Fam. Henicurid.e, 



2Q. Henicurus sinensis, Gould. 



(426.) A common bird among the hills up to a con- 

 siderable elevation ; never wanders far into the plains. It 

 frequents the rocky beds of streams, brooks, and ditches, 

 preferring places where the cover is thick and tangled. It is 

 by no means shy, but often difficult to catch sight of; it 

 frequently utters a thin, long-drawn, plaintive whistle, and 

 is moi-e often heard than seen. They are generally found in 

 pairs, and appear to nest in June. I obtained a young one 

 fully fledged which had just left the nest in the middle of 

 July ; the upper parts and breast, instead of being black, were 

 deep sooty brown, spotted with buff. 



27. MicROCiCHLA scouLERi (Vigors) . 



(428.) A much scarcer bird than the foregoing, but it 

 is found in the gorges of the Lushan Hills, Kiukiang, in the 

 Chin Teh Hills, some 70 miles lower down, and probably in 

 other ranges. 



Fam. Sylviid.e. 



28. Pratincola maura (Pall.). 



(256.) Pratincola indica, Blyth; Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1871, 

 p. 360. 



Passes through in small numbers in April and May, re- 

 turning in October and November. 



