442 Mr. J. D. D. La Touche— Field-Notes on 



Three males, shot on February 23 and March 3, appear 

 quite similar to specimens from Ichang given to me by 

 Mr. Styan. 



Note. — An example of the Wall-Creeper (Tichodroma 

 muraria) was sent to me from N.W. Kiangsu by Father 

 Perrin, S.J. There is no reason why this bird should not 

 occur on the Chinkiang hills. 



24. Locustella lanceolata (Temm.). 

 Styan, Ibis, 1891, p. 340. 



Very common on the grass-covered hills in May, and also 

 seen in wheat-fields and damp sedge-fields during the same 

 month. In September and October it is common enough 

 on the grassy hills and in the lowlands. A late bird, flushed 

 from some grass in a field on November 6, took refuge in a 

 willow. 



The soft parts, &c, of a female shot on May 27 are : — 

 Iris brown; upper mandible black ; lower mandible and gape 

 pink, the lower mandible tipped with dark greyish; legs 

 pinkish flesh-coloured. Total length 5*55 in. ; wing 2"35 in. 



25. Locustella certhiola (Pall.). 

 Styan, Ibis, 1891, p. 340. 



I have met with this Grasshopper-Warbler but twice. On 

 May 20 I found quite a number in a sedge-field on the plain, 

 two of which I shot. The Fohkien collectors shot another 

 there two days later. Again, on September 7, 1 put up three 

 or four out of a ditch overgrown with reeds and high grasses. 

 I suppose that they must visit us on passage every year, as 

 elsewhere on the Lower Yangtse. The birds shot in May have 

 the under parts white, with the flanks and the sides of breast 

 olive-brown. One has traces of spots on the breast. Those 

 seen in September appeared to have bright yellowish under 

 parts. 



26. Locustella fasciolata (Gray). 



A male in fine plumage and a female were shot on the hills 

 by the collectors on May 28 and June 5. This species has 

 not been recorded by Styan from the Lower Yangtse. 



