456 Mr. J. D. La Touche on the [Ibis, 



61. Myiophonus caeruleus (Scop.). 

 T.& B. p. 168. 



Chang-yang Hsien. Young and adult. 

 The young are plain, very dark violet-blue above, and 

 dull black below. 



62. Merula mandarina Gould. 

 T. & B. p. 173. 



Common resident on the plains. 



63. *]V[erula castanea gouldi Verr. 

 T. & B. p. 173. 



On 5 December, 1918, I shot in our garden at Shasi a 

 specimen of this fine bird, which was originally discovered by 

 Pere David in western Szechuan, and has recently been 

 obtained in the Tsing Ling (Shensi Province). It is apparently 

 a female of the year, and had probably been driven down from 

 the Hupeli Mts. by the bad weather prevailing at the 

 beginning of the month it was shot in. The soft parts were 

 coloured as follows : — Iris dark brown, rim of evelid and 

 gape yellow, bill dull yellow with dark tip and base, legs 

 dull yellowish with brownish-grey claws. Wing 5'75 in. ; 

 tarsus 1*28 in.; total length 10'5 in. The stonuich, which 

 had a dark red-brown lining, was corrugated, and contained 

 only two very small snail-shells. 



64. *]yieriila obscura (Gm.). 



Chang-yang Hsien. ? (bird of year), 20 September, 

 1918. 



65. Merula naumanni (Temm.). 

 T. & B. p. 174. 



Chang-yang Hsien. 14 & 30 December. 



66. Merula fuscata (Pall.). 

 T. & B. p. 175. 



Chang-yang Hsien. 12 December, 1918. 



67. Oreocincla varia (Pall.). 

 Oreocincla aurea T. & B. p. 174. 



•Chang-yang Hsien. Three examples. 

 Shasi. One seen on 19 October, 1918. 



