662 Mr. J. D. D. La Touclie on the [Ibis, 



he seen until tlie beginning of June. The autumn passage 

 takes place from about the 20th of August to the end of 

 Sei)tember. It is most plentiful at tlie end of August and 

 beginning of September. Being a shy bird, it is, as a rule, 

 very difficult to decide -whether individuals, especially in 

 autumn, belong to this species or to L. lucionensis. Possibly 

 some of the Red-tailed Shrikes seeu or obtained were 

 L. cristatus. 



54. Pericrocotus cinereiis Lafrcsnaye. 

 Pericrocatus cinereu>t D. & 0. p. 107 ; La T. p. 569. 



A few Ashy Minivets pass through the district from about 

 the middle of May to the beginning of June. I saw a couple 

 on some trees near the seashore on the 29th of September, 

 1912. I have an example from Chien An. 



55, Oriolus indicus Jerdon. 



Or'tolus cochinchinensis D. & 0. p. 133. 



Oriolus drjfasus Sharpe, D. & O. p. 559. 



Oriolus indicus La T. 1914, p. 570. 



The Black-naped Oriole summers in the district, as else- 

 where in China. I have occasionally seen ari'ivals at the 

 port itself, and on the 5th of June, 1915, some birds appeared 

 on the trees there, Avhen, jn-obably for the first time, the 

 beautiful liquid notes of the bird were heard at Chiuwangtao, 

 The middle (jf May is about the earliest date of spring 

 arrivals, and the birds must leave in September, as they 

 occasionally app ar at the port during that month. A nest 

 taken at Shanhaikuan en the 10th of July, 1915, contained 

 three fresh eggs. Two of these, brought to me by my 

 collector, are of the usual blush-pink colour, Avith deep 

 carmine spots chiefly disposed about the large end. They 

 are moderately glossy. The shape is narrowly ovate. 

 They measure ]-18 X O'Sl in. and 1-26 X 0*82 in. 



Five other nests with eggs were brought to me from the 

 mountains to the nortli of the port on the 10th of June, 

 1917. One clutch was fresh, the others incubated and 

 stale. 



