1920.] Birds of Nurth- East Chihli. 6(59 



A male nestling- has brown upper parts, the feathers 

 edged with blaek and centred NYith dull buff, rump lighter, 

 upper tail-coverts rufous, the feathers edged with blackish, 

 lesser wing-coverts like the back, larger wing-coverts tipped 

 vt'ith dull buff, wing-quills edged with dull chestnut, central 

 tail-feathers dark brown tipped with chestnut. The under 

 parts are dull [)ale buff, breast and flanks darker, the feathers 

 edged with blackish, under tail-coverts light rufous (a bird 

 dated 23rd of May). 



A full-fledged young male is very similarly coloured, and 

 has a large white patch on the secondaries. The tail and 

 innermost secondaries are broadly edged with dull pale 

 chestnut (date about 2nd of June). 



A young male of the year had the head and upper back 

 ash-coloured, the basal part of tlie crown-feathers i)eing 

 white (date 4th of October). 



69. Cyanecula suecica L, 



Cyanecula coerulecula D. & O. p. 234 ; La T. p. 571. 



The Ked-spotted Blue-throat is a very common migrant 

 in north-east Chihli and is specially abundant in spring. 

 It passes in May from about the 9th to the 24th, and on 

 the return passage from about the 10th of September to the 

 middle of October. It is a sparse winter visitant to south- 

 east China, 



A female shot here on the 15th of May has the chin and 

 malar region blue ; the throat is white mixed with black 

 towards the chin, and there is a band of blue on the 

 breast. 



70. Calliope camschatkensis (Gm.). 



Calliope camschatkensis U. & O. ]). 235 ; La T. p. 571. 



The Common Ruby-throat is scarce at Chinwangtao in 

 spring, when it passes in May. During the r.utumn passage 

 it is very abundant, and passes then from about the 10th of 

 September to the end of that month. The popular saying 

 among the Chinese regarding this and the preceding species 



