the Lower Yangtse Basin, 339 



36. Erithacus siBiLANs (Swinhoe). 



(345.) Passes in April and May, and returns in No- 

 vember. 



37. Phylloscopus proregulus (Pall.). 



(397.) Begins to arrive early in March and soon after its 

 sweet and powerful song is heard throughout the day from 

 the tops of the bamboos and firs; its call-note is a loud 

 Canary-like hweei. Most of them pass on by the middle of 

 April ; in October they reappear, and I have obtained one 

 at Kiukiang as late as December. 



38. Phylloscopus superciliosus (Gra.). 



(396.) Abundant, arriving and leaving about the same 

 time as the foregoing. During the last days of October I 

 witnessed an extensive migration in the Lushan Hills. The 

 bamboos, firs, and, in particular, the tallow-trees, were simply 

 alive with them during the three days I spent in the hills ; 

 they were actively engaged hunting for food, and marvel- 

 lously tame. 



39. Phylloscopus coronatus (Temm.). 



(389.) Not common ; passes Kiukiang in April, and 

 returns in August and September. 



40. Phylloscopus borealis (Bias.). 



(392.) Passes abundantly in April, and again in autumn 

 from August to November. 



41. LUSCINIOLA FUSCATA (Blyth). 



(387.) Obtained at Kiukiang in May, and abundantly in 

 autumn from October to December, Frequents willows, 

 reed-beds, and low bushes on the plains. 



42. LusciNiOLA SCHWAR2I (Radde) . 



(355.) Herbivocula fiemmingi, Swinhoe, P. Z. S 1871, 

 p. 354. 



Phylloscopus affinis, Styan, Ibis, 1889, p. 444. 



The two specimens recorded by me as P. affinis pre ve to 

 be this species in yellow autumn plumage. I have since 

 obtained several at Kiukiang in May. 



