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



Fam. NECTARINIIDiE. 



114. ZosTEROPS SIMPLEX, Swinhoe. 



(134, 136.) Zoster ops simplex and Zoster ops subroseus, 

 Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 350. 



Zosterops simplex, Styan, Ibis, 1887, p. 227. 



A common summer species. I met with large flocks 

 during the last days of October, when it was probably pre- 

 paring to move south. A pair nested in a garden at Kiukiang 

 in June — a small cup-shaped nest, hung in a bush about four 

 feet from the ground. I did not see the eggs. 



Mr. Seebohm has kindly shown me the type of Z. sub- 

 roseus, and agrees with me that it is inseparable. The rosy 

 tint on the lower parts is now invisible in the dry skin, and 

 the specimen has no other characters to distinguish it from 

 Z. simplex. 



115. Zosterops erythropleurus, Swinhoe. 



(135.) I have never met with this bird in a wild state, 

 but Swinhoe says it is found from Shanghai to Pekin, and 

 David gives its southern range as South-west China. 



Fam. Fkingillidje. 



116. CaRPODACUS ERYTHRINUS (Pall.). 



(505.) A single specimen shot at Kiukiang, 19th April. 



117. Pyrrhula griseiventris, Lafr. 



(502.) Inserted on the authority of Swinhoe, who met 

 with it in Shanghai in winter. 



118. Fringilla montifringilla, L. 

 (480.) A common winter species. 



119. Passer montanus, Briss. 



(490.) Our common Sparrow. At the end of October 

 1883 I witnessed what seemed to be a migration of them 

 among the islands off the coast. On Gutzlaff, in particular, 

 there were thousands. About a hundred accompanied us on 

 board from other islands, and left us to go ashore at Gutz- 

 laff. They were very tame and hungry, as if fatigued after 

 a journey. As food is far more plentiful on the mainland, 

 where the rice was just being gathered, than on these rocky 



