360 MR. R. SWINHOE ON TH K BIRDS OF CHINA. [May 2, 



163. GRANDALA CCELICOLOR, Hodgs. ; G. R. Gr. & M. Gen. of B. 

 pi. 50. 



Sent to Paris from Moupin by Pere David. 



164. SAXICOLA LEUCOMELA, Pall. Zoogr. t. 28. 

 Mountains west of Pekin (David). 



165. SAXICOLA ISABELLINA, Riipp. Atl. t. 34. 

 Saxicola saltatrix, Menetries. 



Inhabits the high plains near Pekiu, sings admirably, nests in 

 the deserted holes of Spermolegus monyolicus (David) . 



166. SAXICOLA CENANTHE, L. 



Central mountains of extreme Ordo (north-west of Pekin), where 

 it breeds (David). 



167. PRATINCOLA INDICA, Blyth, J. A. S. xvi. p. 129; Swinh. 

 Ibis, 1860, p. 54, 1861, pp. 33/329, 1863, p. 298, 1870, p. 344; 

 P. Z. S. 1862, p. 317, 1863, p. 291. 



China generally, Hainan, and Formosa. Distinguishable at all 

 ages from P. rubicola by its black axillaries and unspotted uro- 

 pygials. Chinese specimens are more rust-coloured on the upper 

 parts, and especially on the rump, than Indian ones. 



168. PRATINCOLA FERREA, Hodgs. Ibis, 1862, p. 258 ; P. Z. S. 

 1863, p. 291. 



Ruticilla, sp. nov. ?, Ibis, 1861, p. 33. 

 South China. 



169. ACCENTOR ERYTHROPYGIUS, Swinh. P. Z. S. 18/0, p. 124, 

 pi. 9, & p. 447. 



Accentor alpinus, Midd. Sib. Reise, Vogel, p. 173. 



Western Hills of Pekin in September. Middendorff met with 

 young birds on the cliffs of the south shore of the Sea of Okhotsk 

 in July. Young birds have also been received from the Trans- 

 Baikal region. 



1 70. ACCENTOR NIPALENSIS, Hodgs. 



Sent by Pere David from Moupin. Has also been received from 

 the Trans-Baikal. 



171. ACCENTOR MULTISTRIATUS, David, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist, 

 April 1871. 



Procured by Pere David at Moupin. Closely allied to A. strophi- 

 Hodgs., of the Himalayas. 



1/2. ACCENTOR IMMACULATUS, Hodgs. 



Sent by Pere David from Moupin. 



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