1920.] Birds of North-East Chihli. 655 



of neck brownish ; tlii'oat, breast, and belly \\liite, the sides 

 flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts bright buff. Under 

 wing-coverts and axiilaries greyish white; wing-feathers 

 brownish blacky with broad buff edgings to the outer webs; 

 the four innermost secondaries with the outer webs deep 

 black margined with bright buff. Tail IjufRsh brown with 

 black shaft-stripes, narrow on the outer feathers and 

 becoming much broader on the middle feathers " (JVitherbi/). 



"Iris dark umber; legs and feet pallid flesh-colour" 

 (//. Lijiies). The soft parts of two specimens shot at Chin- 

 wangtao weie as follows : — 



cJ . I'ith of April, 1911. — Iris light brow^n ; upper man- 

 dible black, rimmed with pink ; lower mandible pink ; 

 legs yellowish pink. Wing 2*38 in. 



r^ . 14th of April, 1911. — As in above, but legs tinged 

 with plumbeous. Wing 2'22 in. 



Wings of nine examples shot in autumn measure from 

 1*90 to .'2"25 in., average 2*10 in. 



The proportions of Captain Lynes's Hankow specimens 

 given by Mr. Witherby are as follows: — 



J. Bill (from nostril) 6h mm.; wing 59, 57, and 56; 

 tail 62 and 61 (worn), 46 (much worn). 



?. Bill (from nostrilj 6^ mm.; wing 54, 53, and 51; 

 tail 54, 54 (worn), 47 (much worn). 



The Chinese Marsh- Warbler was first seen by me on the 

 14th of April, 1911, wiien I shot one at the marshes near the 

 port. Two days alter I saw a couple more at the same place 

 and shot one of them. These birds were found in the grass 

 on the edge of the marsh. When [)ursued they Hew into 

 it and hid in the grass in the ponds. A third example 

 was shot by the collectors on the 19th of October, 1911, and 

 a fourth at the [)ort itself on the 24th of April, 1913. 

 In the meantime the bird had been discovered by Captain 

 H. Lynes, R.N., in March J 912 at Hankow, where it 

 winters in the neighbouring swamps. 1 did not come 

 across this Warbler again until the 18tli of October, 1914, 

 on which dale, while duck-shooting in the marshes, I found 

 the birds swarming on the grassv banks and anions the 



