452 Mr. J. D. La Touclio on the [Ibis, 



33. Acrocephalus arundinaceus orientalis T. & S. 

 Acrocephalus arundinaceus maqnirostris T. & B. p. 178. 

 Shasi. Heard singing in willows on 19 and 28 May, and 



9 June. 



Ichang, Seen about the middle of May. 



34. *? Acrocephalus sorghophilus Swinhoe. 



A small bird, which appeared to me to bo of this species, 

 seen at Shasi among grass and willow brush on 19 September, 

 1918. 



35. *Phraginaticola aedon (Pallas). 



One example seen in our garden at Shasi on 9 September, 

 1918, another on the mountains, altitude about 3050 feet, 

 five miles inland on the north bank of the Ichang gorge on 

 21 May, 1919. This is a very rare bird in south-east China. 

 The migration route is evidently through western Hupeh. 



36. Suya crinigera parumstriata A. Dav. 

 T. & B. p. 182. 



Chang-yang Hsien. One young bird dated 7 September. 



37. Locustella lanceolata (Temm.). 

 T. & B. p. 178. 



Shasi. Seen on marshy ground and in rice fields on 

 29 September. 



38. Buchanga atra cathceca (Swinhoe). 

 T. & B. p. 197. 



Shasi. Seen passing on 16 and 18 September. Great 

 numbers in fields on 29 September following. 



39. Buchanga leucogenys cerussata Bangs & Phillips. 

 T. &B. p. 197. 



Shasi. One seen on 18 September. 



Chang-yang Hsien. Young, dated 4 and 14 September. 



Ichang gorges. Breeding at end of May. 



40. Lanius schach L. 

 T. & B. p. 182. 



Shasi. Seen in reed beds on 12 January. 

 Itu, Examples shot in late winter. 



