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73. Monticola solitaria (P. L. S. Midler). 

 Styan, Ibis, 1891, p. 333. 



A male was sent to me from Kaoyu Lake, on the north 

 bank of the Yangtze, by Father Perrin, S.J. I did not shoot 

 any specimens at Chinkiang, but have seen near the summit 

 of one of the higher hills of the locality, on May 12 and 25, 

 Rock-Thrushes which were most likely of this species. They 

 probably bred there. I saw one or two on the same hill 

 on September 16, and from the 8th to the 14th of that 

 month some frequented the cliff behind our house and a 

 neighbour's roof. These were evidently migrating. 



74. Monticola gularis (Swinhoe). 

 Styan, Ibis, 1894, p. 333. 



On September 27, 1901, I shot a female in a wood a few 

 miles from Chinkiang. The next year, on October 5, I shot 

 a male in a pine- wood not far from the same place. 



75. Uroloncha acuticauda (Hodgson). 



Styan, Ibis, 1891, p. 356; La Touche & Rickett, Ibis, 



1905, p. 42. 



A scarce resident. I have seen it in the Custom House 



garden, where a nest was built in 1900 in a small tree close 



by the entrance-door. I have met with the bird only once 



in the country ; the collectors also noticed it once. 



76. COCCOTHRAUSTES JAPONICUS T. & S. 



Styan, Ibis, 1891, p. 352. 

 On the 27th of April, 1900, I met with a party of Haw- 

 finches in a pine-wood a couple of miles from Chinkiang. 

 They were very shy, and concealed themselves carefully 

 in the thickest parts of the foliage, darting out as I 

 approached to hide in some other tree fifty yards or so 

 further on, where they remained concealed and absolutely 

 quiet until again disturbed. As I had only a small collect- 

 ing-gun and it was getting dusk I secured but one example. 

 I have never seen any of the birds since. 



77. EOPHONA MELANURA (Gm.). 



Styan, Ibis, 1891, p. 353. 

 The Black-tailed Hawfinch is a common resident species. 



