the Lower Yangtse Basin, 349 



97. Hemichelidon sibirica. 



(190.) Found in both North and South China^ and must 

 pass through the Yangtse district, but I have never met 

 with it, 



98. MUSCICAPA GRISEISTICTA. 



(191.) Passes through in May and August. 



99. MUSCICAPA ALBICILLA, Pall. 



(187.) Obtained at Kiukiang in September and October, 

 and one specimen in December. They had all lost the red 

 throat. 



100. Tarsiger cyanurus (Pall.). 



(335.) The Yangtse Valley is probably the northern limit 

 of this bird^s winter-quarters. Large nvimbers pass south at 

 the end of October and November, and return again in 

 March, a fair number remaining all through the winter. 

 On 3rd November I saw hundreds on the rock of Shaweishan, 

 at the mouth of the Yangtse, so tame from fatigue that 

 many could have been taken with a butterfly-net as they 

 hopped about the path close to one^s feet. 



This bird picks up a good deal of its food on the ground 

 among brushwood. 



101. POLIOMYIAS LUTEOLA (Pall.). 



(188.) Arrives in April, leaves in May, and passes through 

 again in October. 



102. NiLTAVA CYANOMEL^NA (Tcmm.). 



(180.) Arrives at end of April, when I met with numbers 

 among the bamboos of the Lushan Hills ; returns again in 

 September. Breeds at Ichang, in W. China. 



103. Xanthopygia tricolor, Blytli. 



(183.) Passes with the other Flycatchers in April and 

 May. On its return I have obtained it in August and 

 October. 



104. Xanthopygia narcissina (Temm.). 



(184.) Scarce in this district, its route being by South 

 China to Japan. One, however, was killed at Chinkiang, 

 and near Shanghai another, which is now in the Shanghai 

 Museum. 



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