the Lower Yangtse Basin. 489 



211. Falco communis (Gm.). 



(27.) Falco peregrinus, L. ; Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1871^ 

 p. 340. 



A common resident species, breeding during March and 

 April on the rocky cliffs of the river, among the mountains, 

 and frequently in pagodas. A partial migration takes place 

 in autumn. During the first week in November I found 

 them very abundant on the rocky islands off the coast, 

 notably on Gutzlaff Island and Shaweishan ; on the latter 

 there must have been hundreds. The attraction was the 

 crowd of small migrants, which they had probably followed 

 from the north. 



212. Falco melanogenys, Gould. 



The pair of this species — or race — mentioned by Mr. 

 Seebohm (Ibis, 1884, p. 260) were nesting in a i)agoda on the 

 Hai San (Shoe Rock), also known as " Great Orphan,^^ in 

 the Poyang Lake. Pere Heude has a very fine male, also 

 killed on the Yangtse. 



213. Falco subbuteo, L. 



(48.) Common between May and October. 



214. Falco kegulus, Pall. 



(49.) Hypotriorchis cesalon (L.) ; Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1871, 

 p. 340. 



A common winter visitor. 



215. Cerchneis tinnunculus (L.). 



(52.) Tinnunculus alaudarius, var. japonicus, Swinhoe, 

 P. Z. S. 1871, p. 340. 



Most plentiful during the autumn migration, when, from 

 August to November, half a dozen may frequently be seen 

 travelling together. A few remain all the winter, and perhaps 

 a few breed in the district, as I have seen one as late as 6th 

 June. 



[Note. — Cerchneis amurensis (Radde). 



This species may pass through on migration, and perhaps 

 some of the Kestrels seen in autumn belong to it or to 



