338 Mr. F. W. Styan on the Birds of 



29. Oreicola ferrea (Hodgson). 



(257.) The only specimen of this southern species which 

 I have met with was killed on the Lushan Hills in April. It 

 breeds at Ichang^ in Western China, whence old and young 

 have been sent me in July, and it is not improbable that it 

 also breeds occasionally on the hills of the Lower Yangtse. 



30. RUTICILLA AUROREA (Pall.). 



(260.) Arrives in the middle of October and remains into 

 April. One of our commonest winter birds in gardens and 

 cultivated country. 



31. RhYACORNIS FULIGINOSA (Vig.) . 



(262.) Xanthopygia fuUginosa (Vig.), Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus. iv. p. 253. 



The true position of this species has yet to be decided, but 

 I cannot bring myself to place it among the Flycatchers, 

 and still less in a genus which embraces such remarkably 

 distinct forms as X. cyanomeloena and X tricolor. It is a 

 non-migratory species, and in nesting-habits and mode of 

 life essentially a Rock-Chat. 



Abundant on mountain-streams ; nests in April. 



32. CHi^MARRHORNIS LEUCOCEPHALA (Vig.). 



(263) Plentiful in West China, but scarce in the Lower 

 Yangtse. I have twice met with it in the Lushan Hills, once 

 in April and once in November. It also strays to the east 

 coast, for one in the Shanghai Museum was killed among the 

 Ningpo hills in November. It may thei'efore be fairly in- 

 cluded among the summer visitants, though a rare one. 



33. Erithacus c.erulecula (Pall.). 



(339.) Scarce. Obtained at Shanghai on 28th November 

 and at Kiukiang in December. 



34. Erithacus calliope (Pall.). 



(340.) I have never been able to meet with this bird, 

 though it must pass through in some numbers in spring and 

 autumn. 



35. Erithacus cyanus (Pall.). 



(344.) Passes in fair numbers in April and May. 



