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migrant on tlie China coast in April and in October and 

 November. Several examples were seen or sliot on the 

 27th of October, and on the 4th, 13th, 17th, and 18th of 

 November, 1913, by the Foochow collectors, and I have one 

 from Shanhaikuan, dated the 2nd of Febrnary, 1917. 



I shot a female of this Gohlcrest in the mountains of the 

 Liautung Peninsula in February 1890, 



28. Locustella certhiola (Pallas). 



Locustella certhiola D. & O. p. 248; La T. p. 567. 



Pallas^s Grasshopper-Warbler is very abundant on passage. 

 It appears from the end of May until the middle of June, but 

 so far I have no evidence of its breeding in north-east Ciiihli. 

 The autumn passage begins early in the last week of August, 

 and the migrants are about until the end of September. 

 My earliest and latest records at this season are the 22nd 

 and 24th of August and the 2<Sth of September. The birds 

 in spring are all in summer dress with white throat, breast, 

 and abdomen, and unspotted breast ( c?). In autumn, nearly 

 all those sliot are in winter or in the young plumage (ricli 

 buff under parts). In tl:is Grasshopper-Warbler the feathers 

 of the crown are edged with grey, in strong contrast with 

 those of the back, which are olive-brown centred on the 

 mantle with black. I have one example, shot at Foochow on 

 the 6th of June, which has the crown-feathers coloured like 

 those of the rest of the upper parts, the whole upper colouring 

 appearing- very pale. Thinking the bird was new, I sent it 

 to the British Museum, where Mr. Ogilvie-Grant determined 

 it as merely L. certhiola. A similar specimen would seem 

 to have been obtained in jManchuria by Mr. C. Ingiam's 

 collectors. 



29. Locustella lanceolata (Tcmm.). 



Locustella lanceolata D. & O. p. 251 ; La T. p. 568. 



The Streaked Grasshopper- Warbler is very abundant in 

 spring from about the middle of May to the beginning of 

 June, and in autumn from the last ten days in August until 

 well on into October, the latest records I have for that 



