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



105. CrYPTOLOPHA AFFINIS (Hodgs.). 



(393.) Cryptolopha tephrocephala, Swinhoe^P. Z. S. 1871, 

 p. 358. 



I obtained a single example of this beautiful little Fly- 

 catcher at Kiukiang 15th April : in China it has hitherto 

 only been met with in the extreme south-west. 



106. Terpsiphone incei (Gould). 



(172.) Terpsiphone affinis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. 

 iv. p. 350. 



These birds arrive in considerable numbers in May, and 

 a few remain to breed. They haunt the gardens in Hankow 

 during summer, and a friend at Shanghai tells me they breed 

 in the bamboos in his garden. Pace Dr. Sharpe (Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus. iv. p. 350), I am convinced that Swinhoe and 

 David were correct in stating that the fully adult males 

 of this species assume white plumage. Tbey can readily be 

 distinguished from the adults of T. affinis by their very much 

 slighter bill. Moreover, all the brown males and females 

 which pass this way belong to T. incei, and it would be 

 strange if we met with none but adult males of T. affinis. 



The tail of the finest in my collection measures 15^ inches 

 in length. 



107. Terpsiphone princeps (Temm.). 



(173.) A specimen in the Shanghai Museum was killed 

 at Shanghai on 17th May. 



Fam. AMPELiDiE. 



108. Ampelis garrulus, L. 



(201.) Appears in flocks at Shanghai in winter, but is 

 not very common. A flock frequented our garden in the 

 middle of the busy streets for some time in January. They 

 would sit perched on the thin twigs at the very top of a small 

 tree overhanging the road, so closely together that a circle 

 of two feet diameter would cover the lot. They would remain 

 perfectly motionless, all in the same attitude and facing 

 exactly the same way, for hours, only dashing suddenly off at 

 intervals with a shrill piping for a short flight. I never saw 

 them on the ground or moving about individually, but always 

 perched in the same manner on the same tree. 



