402 MR. R. SWINHOE ON THE BIRDS OF CHINA. [May 2, 



it has numerous bands across the breast ; and its upper parts are very 

 rufous. I propose to separate it under the name of its discoverer. 



513. HEMIPODIUS VICIARIUS, n. sp. 



Turnix jondera, Hodgs. ? ; Swinh. Ibis, 1861, p. 50. 



Turnix dussumieri, Ibis, 1861, p. 341. 



Turnix maculosa, Ibis, 1866, p. 131 ; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 308, 1870, 

 p. 442. 



The Indian species of this group is the Turnix jondera, Hodgs., 

 figured in Gray and Mitchell's * Genera of Birds' (T. dussumieri, 

 Jerd. B. of India, iii. p. 599) ; and a similar but larger bird is found 

 in Burmah (T. blanfordi, Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1863, p. 80). The 

 latter from its size (wing 4 inches) seems to answer to the original 

 Hemipodius maculosus,Temm. Pig. et Gall. iii. p. 631, 1815 (macu- 

 latus, Vieill. Gal. des Ois. 1834, iv. p. 51, pi. 217), the locality of 

 which is doubtfully given as New Holland. Our bird, which ranges 

 from Canton to Pekin, differs from these in wanting the red collar 

 and the median stripe on the crown. The feathers on the crown are 

 black margined with reddish brown, the breast is bright buff; the 

 feathers of the back and rump are blotched and finely waved with 

 black, and most of them have long ochreous spots on their margins. 

 It is about the size of T. blanfordi, and in general plumage pretty 

 similar. Irides white. Upper mandible brown ; lower mandible and 

 legs ochreous yellow. The females are rather larger than the males, 

 but do not seem to differ in plumage. The gizzard of a female was 

 large and heart-shaped ; caeca long and bulging ; its trachea swollen 

 above the junction with the bronchi. 



514. OTIS TARDA, L. ; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 308. 



" Tungusis Dauurise Todok," Pallas, Zoogr. ii. p. 97. 



Shanghai and Hankow in winter. " Pekin in winter" (David). 



I have a female specimen from Shanghai, which is smaller than 

 the ordinary European bird, and more broadly banded with black on 

 the upper parts. 



Pere David speaks of a smaller Bustard, called by the Chinese at 

 Pekin " Kepoo." He saw a flock of them in Mongolia (Catalogue 

 des Oiseaux a Pekin). 



515. GRUS CINEREA, Bechst. ; Ibis, 1861, p. 409, 1870, p. 362 ; 

 P. Z. S. 1863, p. 308; Zoologist, 1861, p. 7507. 



South China in winter. Passes over the Pekin plain in September 

 and April; commoner towards Mongolia (David). 



516. GRUS MONACHUS, Temm. ; Ibis, 1867, p. 413 ; P.Z. S. 1863, 

 p. 309. 



Shanghai market in winter. 



517- GRUS LEUCAUCHEN, Ternm. 



Passes in small numbers along the mountains of Seuen-hwa-foo 

 (David). 



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