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



The Hobby does not occur in China except on migration 

 or during summer, and I doubt very much the possibiHty of 

 there beiug a resident Chinese race rangin^■ between the 

 Tsing Ling Mts. and Swatow (see Falco streichi Hart. & 

 Neum. Vog. pal. Fauna, p. 1074). 



115. Cerchneis tinnunculus subsp. ? 

 CercJineis saturata T. & B. p. 155? 

 Kestrels are of common occurrence at Shasi. 



116. Turtur chinensis Scop. 

 T. & B. p. 144. 



A common resident. 



117. Turtur orientalis Latham. 

 T. & B. p. 144. 



Chang-yang Hsien. Immature bird shot in autumn. 



118. Turtur humilis Temm. 

 T. & B. p. 144. 



Shasi ; 3 May. 



Ichang. Seen in gardens at the end of May. 



119. Bambusicola sp. 



Ichang Gorge. Heard on 21 May, 1919. 



120. Phasianus colchicus hemptinnii. 

 Phas'mnus Iwlderer'i T. & B. p. 140 (part). 



Phasianus colchicus hemptinnii La Touche, Bull. B. 0. C. 

 xl. 1919, p. 51. 



In their paper, Messrs. Thayer and Bangs describe a 

 Pheasant which they call Phasianus holdereri (a synonym of 

 Ph. c. strauchi Przvv.), and they mention that this Pheasant 

 was taken at altitudes ranging from 2500 to 6000 ft. I was 

 unable to procure a series of the common Ichang Pheasant 

 from the highlands of Hupeh, but a few specimens from the 

 low hills on the south bank of the Yangtze between Ichang 

 and Shasi and from a place 30 miles north of Shasi (undu- 

 lating country connecting the northern hills with the plain) 

 were sent to me by Fathers A. de Hemptinne and C. Clement 

 of the Belgian Franciscan Mission. These Pheasants proved 



