the Lower Yangtse Basin. 347 



colour is reddish^ and over the delicate lilac spots the whole 

 surface is thickly sprinkled with reddish brown. 



Fam. Campophagid^. 



84. Campophaga melanoptera (Riippell). 



(157.) Volvocivora melaschista, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1871, 

 p. 378. 



Fairly numerous from May till September. 



85. Pericrocotus cinereus, Lafr. 



(164.) Obtained plentifully on Lushan in April; no 

 doubt remains to breed. One obtained in Shanghai district 

 in May. 



86. Pericrocotus cantonensis, Swinhoe. 



(165.) Pere David says: — "Found abundantly in Che- 

 kiang and Kiangsi in spring." I have not met with it. 



87. Pericrocotus brevirostris (Vig.). 



(159.) According to David this southern species is 

 common at Pekin in spring and autumn ; it must therefore 

 pass through our district en route. It breeds at Ichang, 

 where I have nestlings taken in July. 



Fam. Laniid^. 



88. Lanius schach, L. 



(147.) A common species, confined to the plains and 

 very low hills. A partial migration takes place ; in summer 

 it becomes scarcer, but in September and October its num- 

 bers are largely increased. 



89. Lanius Bucephalus, T. & S. 



(150.) A winter species, rather scarce. In a certain part 

 of the mulberry district near Kahing a few may be seen be- 

 tween November and February ; at Chinkiang one was shot 

 in March, and at Kiukiang a single specimen in the same 

 month. 



90. Lanius superciliosus, Latham. 



(153.) I have never met with this species, which ap- 

 parently passes north by a more westerly route. David, 

 however, states that it sometimes wanders up the east coast. 



