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



slightly incubated, on the 5th of June^ one liatehing egg on 

 the ir)th of June, two fresli eggs on the 25th of June, and 

 one clutch of four incubated and very stale eggs on the 

 15th of July following These eggs are of very pale bine, 

 a few liaving fine specks of })ale red. The texture of the 

 shell is smooth and glossy. The shape varies from nearly 

 oval to ovate. Thirteen eggs average ()99x075 in. The 

 largest is I'OlxO 77in. and the smallest 0-96 X O"?-! in. 



The nest pads brought with the eggs were con)[)osed of fine 

 rootlets over a foundation o£ moss. 



Munticola saxatilis, stated by Pere David to occur in 

 summer in the mountains (jf Cliihli, has not so far been 

 procured l)y me near (;hinwangtao. 



80. Petrophila gularis (S win hoe). 

 Monticulu yidaris D. & O. p. 161, pi. 42. 

 Pelrophila (jidaris La T. p. 572. 



Tiie White-throated Rock-Thrush |)asses towards the end 

 of May. 1 saw a few at the [)ort itseK on the 23rd of May, 

 1914. It j)robably summers in this part of Cliihli as well as 

 further, west. 



This bird also passes Newehwang in May. 



81. Tharrlialeus montanelhis (Pallas). 

 Accentor montaneUus D. & O. p. 180, pi. 33. 



The Chinese Hedge-Sparrow is a common winter visitant to 

 north-east Chihli. It is found on migration at Chinwangtao 

 in very early spring and in November. During the winter 

 1914-15, this bii'd was often seen at the port, and from the 

 7tli to the 23rd of March one or two haunted brushwood and 

 other cover by the roadside. On the 23rd of March I saw as 

 many as five of these birds in a garden. This Hedge- 

 Sparrow appears to have much the same habits as the British 

 bird. It is a familiar little liird, fond of underwood and 

 dead brushwood, through which it flits or creeps. 1 have 

 never heard it utter a sound. 



The Chinese Hedge-Sparrow was common in February 

 1890 in the mountains of the Liautung Peninsula. It was 

 common that spring at Newehwang on migration. 



