the Lower Yangtse Basin. 341 



s])ecimens of any of the Cettias, as when approached they 

 drop to the dense cover at the roots of the bushes, and will 

 not show for a long time. 



49. Cettia minuta (Swinhoe). 



(353.) Obtained at Kiukiang in May, July, August, and 

 on November 6 ; whether any remain through the winter I am 

 not quite certain. 



50. Cettia fortipes (Hodgson). 



(383.) Horeites robustipes, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 351. 



This is chiefly a hill species, and in March I have found 

 it very plentiful over 2000 feet, as high as scrub was to be 

 found. It is also found in the plains, but is not nearly so 

 common there as C. canhiriens. It has a most peculiar 

 double call, or rather two distinct calls, which are repeated 

 alternately at intervals of about one minute with the greatest 

 regularity. I have never heard one cry repeated twice in 

 succession. The first sounds like Whe-e-e-ew-tees-weet, the 

 second Ee-e-e-e-e-twee-teiv. A few individuals remain 

 throughout the winter. 



51. Cettia squamiceps (Swinhoe). 



(347.) A single specimen was shot near Shanghai in 

 summer, and is now in the Shanghai Museum. 



Fam. Parid^. 



52. Parus minor, T. & S. 



(402.) Very common. I have met with them on the 

 hills up to about 1500 feet. Neither P. cinereus nor the 

 intermediate form, P. commixtus, comes so far north as the 

 Yangtse. 



53. Parus venustulus, Swinhoe. 



(407.) In 'The Ibis,' 1889, p. 444, I have made some 

 remarks on the plumage of both sexes of this Tit. It appears 

 to be a winter visitant only to Kiukiang, for my specimens 

 were all procured between December and March. A series of 

 immature birds were assuming adult plumage by a gradual 

 moult; by the early part of March they had mostly com- 

 pleted it and were in full plumage. 



