808 Mr. J. J). D. La Touclie on the [Ibis 



strips of soft grass, a few dried leaves, moss, a feather 

 or two, and in one case, wool, all thickly bound with 

 cobwebs, tlie I'im of the nests finely smoothed off with cob- 

 webs. The lining:; is of black and white horse- and cow-hair 

 and very fine rootlets. One nest measured l|in. in depth 

 and 2iin. in diameter (inner measurements) and l|iii. in 

 depth and 2^ in. in diameter (outer measurements). The 

 other nest is lix2iin. inside, and 2x3j7in. outside. 

 The eggs are pale greyish olive-green, sparsely marked with 

 bold spots and blotches of rich, dark (almost Vandyke) 

 brown, over both deep and faint specks, spots and short lines 

 of violet-grey. The surface spots often run into the ground- 

 colour and are round in shape or else terminate in a short 

 thick line. One egg in each clutch is much washed with 

 reddish. An egg sent to me from Peki'.ig by the Rev. Geo. D. 

 Wilder is quite similar to these eggs. The eggs are ovate 

 in shape. The largest of seven of these measures 0'85 X 

 0"61 in. and the smallest 0*77 X 058 in. They average 

 0-80 X 0-60 in. 



121. Anthus trivialis maculatus (Hodgson). 



Pipastes agills D. & O. p. 308. 



Anthus maculatus La T. p. 575. 



The Eastern Tree-Pipit passes abundantly from the last 

 days of April to the middle of May. It passes again from 

 the first week in September to the first week in October. 

 1 saw a belated individual in a garden at the port on the 

 14th of November, 1911. 



125. Anthus spinoletta japonicus T. & S. 



Anthus spinoletta D. & O. p. 306 (part). 



Anthns japonicus La T. p. 575. 



The Japanese Water-Pipit appears at Chinwangtao towards 

 the middle of April and is found until about the 10th of May. 

 It migrates in autumn in company with the Wagtails and 

 Swallows, many flocks of which fly by in late August and 

 September. 1 have seen it in the marshes in October until 

 the 25th of that month. The first arrivals in spring are still 

 in winter dress but soon assume the summer plumage, dark 



