1871.] MR. R. SWINHOE ON THE BIRDS OF CHINA. 353 



beyond. Mr. Wallace says he got C. fasciolatus in Batchian, Gilolo, 

 and Morty, and C. insularis in Gilolo and Morty, that they oc- 

 curred sparingly, and that it always struck him that they were out 

 of place, for, with the exception of C. orienialis, there was nothing 

 like them to the east or west. 



115. CALAMODYTA BISTRIGICEPS, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 293. 



Acrocephalus bistrigiceps, Swinh. Ibis, 1860, p. 51. 

 Locustella (a sourcils noirs), David, Catalogue. 

 Lusciniopsis, sp., Swinh. Ibis, 1861, p. 412. 

 Amoy ; Pekin. Allied to C. aaricofa, Jerd., of India, but with a 

 black line on each side of its crown. 



116. ARUNDINAX AEDON, Pall. 



Arundinax olivaceus, Blyth, P. Z. S. 1862, p. 316. 



Turdus aedon, Pall. Zoogr. t. i. p. 459 ; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 294, 

 1870, p. 432; Ibis, 1863, p. 91. 



Tientsin and Pekin in summer. "Comes to nidificate in our 

 (Pekin) marshes, and leaves again in September" (David). 



HERBIVOX, n. gen. 



Bill moderate, with long lunate aperture to nostril ; legs and feet 

 large and strong, with powerful hind toe and claw ; wing rounded, 

 with the first four quills graduated, the fourth being the longest ; 

 tail moderately graduate. A bush-loving form of Calamoherpe. I 

 propose this genus for the three following birds, including Salicaria 

 cantillans, T. & S., of Japan, as they have the above characters in 

 common, and do not range happily in any genus hitherto suggested. 

 My Arundinax flemingi is of similar form with the above, but has a 

 square tail ; this I would place in the subgenus Herbivocula. 



117. HERBIVOX CANTANS. 



Salicaria cantons, T. & S. Faun. Jap. t. 19 ; Ibis, 1866, p. 397. 

 Procured from the interior of Formosa ; not known from China. 



118. HERBIVOX CANTURIENS. 



Arundinax canturiens, Swinh. Ibis, 1860, p. 52, et pp. 131,357. 

 Lusciniopsis canturiens, Swinh. Ibis, 1861, pp. 32, 328. 

 Calamoherpe canturiens, Ibis, 1863, p. 306, 1867, p. 408, 1870, 

 p. 345; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 294. 



Hainan to Shanghai, and in Formosa. 



119. HERBIVOX MINUTA. 



Arundinax minutus, Swinh. Ibis, 1860, p. 52. 

 Arundinax miniatus, Swinh. Ibis, 1860, p. 357. 

 Calamoherpe minuta, Ibis, 1863, p. a06, 1870, p. 345 ; P. Z. S. 

 1863, p. 294. 

 Amoy ; Hainan ; Formosa. 



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