28fi EOPHONA 



ad. (Japan). Upper parts ashy grey, tinged with drab on the 

 mantle ; crown nearly to the nape and a narrow band round the base 

 of the bill extending to the eye, wings, and tail glossy steel black ; a 

 white band across the wing ; under parts pale drab ashy grey, paling to 

 white on the under tail-coverts ; bill yellow ; legs reddish grey ; iris 

 hazel. Culmen 0'92, wing 4-55, tail 3'15, tarsus 0'9 inch. 



Hob. Eastern Siberia (the Ussuri country), Japan, and 

 Western China. 



Frequents bush-covered localities in the mountains and the 

 borders of the forests, where it is generally seen in the tops of 

 the trees. It has a strong flight and in the winter roams 

 about in small companies. It feeds on seeds, fruits, and 

 berries, and is very partial to haricot beans, and will even steal 

 them from the granaries. Its song is described as being 

 melodious and pleasing. It nests in the Ussuri country in 

 June, but its nest and eggs are, so far as I can ascertain, 

 undescribed. 



420. CHINESE GROSBEAK. 

 EOPHONA MELANURA. 



Eophona melanura (Gmel.), Syst. Nat. i. p. 853 (1788) ; (Jard. and 

 Selby) 111. Orn. ii. pi. 63 ; David and Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 347,. 

 pi. 92 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xii. p. 28 ; Tacz. F. 0. Sib. 0. 

 p. 624. 



Hou-eull, Chinese. 



ad. (Corea). Differs from E. per sonata in having the upper parts 

 browner, fading to ashy white on the rump, the black on the head extends 

 over the sides of the face, cheeks, ear-coverts and throat ; wings lacking 

 the broad white band, but with a small white speculum, the primaries 

 narrowly, the secondaries broadly tipped with white ; bill yellow, at the 

 tip green ; legs pale flesh yellow ; iris reddish. Culmen 0.75, wing 3'8 y 

 tail 2'7, tarsus 0'75 inch. The female lacks the black on the head, that 

 part and the throat being ashy drab brown, and is duller and browner in 

 colour. 



Hob. Eastern Siberia, North China, and Corea, wintering in 

 Central and Southern China. 



Frequents open places in oak-woods, and is shy and wary. 

 Its song is said to be good but inferior to that of E. personata, 

 It breeds in the Ussuri country, but its nest and eggs are 

 unknown. 



