886 Mr. J. 1). 1). T.a Touch.; on the [Il)is, 



cousidci'iiblo. It had hceii two months in cujttivitv according 

 to th(! owner's statement. 



1 saw these birds at Newcliw ani;- in LSSl), whei-e the natives 

 teach them to perl'oi'ni the; same tiicks of i'etehing and 

 curry in-. 



8(). Loxia CTirvirostra albiventris Swinhoe. 



Lox'ia albiventris D. & O. j). 3(10. 



'V\\e Eastern Crossbill is a[)i)arently of" iireguhir ap|)earan(!c 

 in north-east Chihli. Thi-ee netted specimens were i)rocnred 

 at Shanliaiknan on the,2!)th ofOetoijcr, 1911. 1 1 M'as reported 

 to me as common in the auLumn oC 1915, and a series of 

 twenty l)iids, taken near Slianhaiknan in November 1917 and 

 a pair, (hited 25 December, 1917, were sent to me. 



1 shot tliis bird in the Liautung I'l-ninsida in February 

 1S9(). 



87. Propasser roseus l*alla>. 



l^ropasscr roseus 1). &. C). [>. .■)5'2 ; La 'V. p. 572. 



Pallas's liose-Finch is occasionally seen at tlic port on 

 migration. I saw a few on the 4th March, 191 1^ on the 

 15th and l9th October, 1911, and on the 15th and 

 3()th October and 2()Lh Noveaiber, 1913, ami 9tli October, 

 1915. 1 have a specimen from Cliien An. It is u winter 

 visitant to north-east Chihli, bnt I have- not seen any at 

 that season near CMiinwangtao. I (ound this Kosc-l'Hnch 

 to be quite eomn\on in February 1<S9() in the nu)untains 

 of the Liautiing I'eniusnia. 



88. Carpodacus erythriiuis (Tallas). 



Carpodacus eriitkrinns D. & O. p. 350; La 'W p. 572. 



The Comnu)n Hose-Finch passes north-east Chihli at the 

 end of April and during May. It is abundant during- the 

 latter halt of May. 



89. Acanthis linaria (L.). 

 Acanthis linar'ia 1). & O. p. 33G. 



The Mealy WculpoU is a common migrant in the district in 

 October and November. It winters in north-east Chihli, 

 and I have seen it at the [xirt at that season. 



