670 On the Birds of Xorth-East Chihli. [lb 



IS, 



is : " Ch'uu Ian, Cli'iu hung " (in spring the blue, in 

 autumn the red). 



The female of this bird is generally described as having 

 the throat white, but old females have sometimes a con- 

 siderable amount of the ruby cohnir. Two of these birds 

 taken at Shaweishau on the 8th of May and ,27tli of October 

 have tlic throat as richly coloured as young males, while 

 two others taken in the same locality on the 1st of May and 

 29tli of October have the edges of the feathers just tinted 

 with red. The general plumage of these four birds is that 

 of the adult female. Mr. Stejneger (Proc. U.S. Museum, 

 vol. XV. p. 321) mentions a female examined by him which 

 has the ruby throat, and Professor Lonnberg (Journ. Coll. 

 of Sci. Imp. Univ. of Tokyo, vol. xxiii. art. 14, p. 33) writes 

 of another from Saghalien that it had "the throat white 

 and somewhat washed with scarlet. '^ 



71. lanthia cyanura (Pallas). 

 Yanthia cijanura D. & O. p. 231. 

 lanthia cyanura La T. p. 571. 



The Blue-tailed Robin is a verv common miorant in 

 north-east Chihli, and numbers pass Chinwangtao in spring 

 and autumn from the beginning of April to mid-May, and 

 from the latter half of September to the beginning of 

 November (latest record 9tli of November). 



This bird is one of the earliest insectivorous Passeres to 

 appear at Newchwang in spring. 



72. Merula obscura (Gm.). 

 Turdus obscurus D. & O. p. 153. 

 Merula obscura La T. p. 571. 



The Grey-headed Ouzel passes sparingly throughout May 

 and at the beginning of June. In autumn I have observed 

 it from the 14th to the 24th of September. 



A living adult male example, brought down in September 

 1915 from Chihfeng in north Chihli and given to me by 

 Mr. A. L. Hall, lived in good health and preserved its 



