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



54. ACREDULA CONCINNA (Gould). 



(423.) Common on the hills, especially among firs ; never 

 found on the plains. I saw a nest during the iirst week in 

 April at an elevation of 500 feet. It was placed in a joung 

 fir about four feet from the ground^ shaped like that of our 

 Long-tailed Tit, compactly built of moss, dead leaves, 

 feathers, and fir-spines, and well lined with feathers. The 

 eggs were small, roundish, and white, nearly ready to hatch. 



55. AcREDULA GLAUCOGULARIS (Gould) . 



(420.) Common on the plains, low hills, and up to an 

 elevation of perhaps 1000 feet ; especially fond of fir-woods. 

 From dissection of some shot in February I should say that 

 they are probably early breeders. 



Fam. SiTTiDiE. 



56. SiTTA SINENSIS, Vcrr. 



(140.) Sitta sinensis, Styan, Ibis, 1887, p. 221. 



Very similar to S. casia, but smaller and with a much less 

 powerful bill. 



Pere David met with this species in Kiangsi^ and I found it 

 common in the Wan Shan Hills behind Ngankin in Anhwei 

 province. 



57. TiCHODROMA MURARIA, L. 



(139.) Found by Pere David in Kiangsi province. 



Fam. Troglodytid.e. 



58. Anorthura FUMittATA (Tcmm.). 



(329.) The one recorded in ' The Ibis,' 1889, p. 445, is 

 the only specimen that has been obtained in the district, but 

 I believe I once saw one in the Lushan Hills, Kiukiang. 



Fam. MoTACiLLiUiE. 



59. MoTAciLLA LEUcopsis, Gould. 



(429.) M. alboides, var. felix, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1871, 



p. 363. 



Passes through in considerable numbers in February and 

 March, and returns again in September and October. 



