331 Mr. F. W. Styan on the 



6th January I met with this bird on the banks of the 

 Yangtse, about 20 miles above Chinkiang; and in February 

 Mr. Schmacker''s collector shot one near Nankin. 



There is little doubt that diligent search would find it at 

 suitable points all along the river, but whether resident or 

 only a winter visitant remains to be proved. It is a difficult 

 bird to obtain, on account of its small size, insignificant note, 

 and habit of skulking among dense masses of matted reeds, 

 with which it closely assimilates in colour. 



It was my coolie's sharp eyes that first detected this Tit, and, 

 though we both spent a long time trying to get specimens, 

 only three were bagged. In these dense reed-beds it is almost 

 as difficult to find a bird when killed as it is to get a shot at 

 it at all. 



102 «. Stoparola melanops (Vig.). (Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. 

 p. 438.) 



One was shot at Shanghai in December, and is now in my 

 collection. It seems to be thinly scattered over China, being 

 commoner in the south and west. It is strange to find a 

 rare migrant in this latitude so late in the year, but it must 

 be borne in mind that the weather with us is always fine and 

 often mild right up to the end of the year; and, in the case 

 of many common migrants, stragglers may be seen at very late 

 dates — some, in fact, being induced to stay all the winter. 



136 a. Emberiza pyrrhuloides. Pall. 



Pyrrhiilor'hyncha pyrrlmloides, Sharpe, Cat. B. xii. p. 475. 



To Mr. Schmacker's collector is due the credit of adding 

 this sj^ecies to the list of Yangtse birds, he having shot three 

 near Nankin in February. The sides of breast and flanks are 

 streaked, but not very distinctly. It cannot be plentiful, for 

 though I have looked out for it I have never met with any 

 Buntings but the two smaller species, E.passerina and E. yesso- 

 ensis. Mr. de La Touche obtained it in Southern Manchuria. 



159 a. Cypselus pacificus (Latham). (Hartert, Cat. B. 

 xvi. p. 448.) 



As I anticipated, this bird has turned up on migration, one 

 having been shot at Shanghai in October 1892. The greater 

 number probably pass along the coast and avoid Shanghai. 



