642 Mr. J. D. D. La Tcuelie on the [Ibis, 



It passes through this district from about the lOth to the 

 30th of May and also in the l)eginniug of autumn. My 

 earliest record at that season is tlie 23rd of Augus^t, 1911, 

 and my latest the 28tii of Se[)temljer, 1915. 



Old females have the rump, upper t;iil-coverts, and tail 

 dull blue. 



This bird was abundant at Newchang in May 1889. It is 

 said to be common about Peking on migration. It is rare 

 at Chinkiang on the Lower Yangtse and is quite unknown 

 in Fohkien. On the other hand, it is common in spring and 

 autumn at Shaweishan at the mouth of the Yangtse. Its 

 migration route is therefore down the Yangtse to the sea, 

 whence it crosses over to Japan and up the coast, and 

 also probably through northern China to its breeding- 

 quarters. It apparently returns by a similar route, avoiding 

 south-east (Miina. 



20. Larvivora sibilans Swinhoe. 

 Larvlvoru sibilans D. & O. p. 239. 



I shot an adult male of Swinhoe's Robin at the port on 

 the 19th of May, 1916. Tiie bird was running among some 

 outhouses near a vegetable garden, shivering its tail like 

 Pallas^s Blue Robin, the female of which it resembles some- 

 what when seen from a distance. It can be distinguished, 

 however, by its squamated breast, more rufous upper parts, 

 and red tail. This is, I believe, the first example i)rocured in 

 north China. Its presence was doubtless due to the then 

 prevailing easterly winds. Tiie bird winters in Kwantung 

 Province, passes through north-west Fohkien and the Louer 

 Yangtse, is abundant at Shaweishan, and has been taken in 

 Corea. It summers in Saghalien Island. 



21. Zosterops erythropleura Swinhoe. 

 Zosterops erythropleura I). & O. p. 85, pi. 12. 



The Red-flanked White- eye appears to pass regularly 

 in autumn through the district. During passage, birds 

 tarry for a short time at the port. I noticed it there on the 

 following dates : — The 26th and 27th of September, 1912; 



