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



and possibly M. taivana will all be found to pass Chinkiang 

 every year, but they are certainly much less common there 

 than on other parts of the Lower Yangtze. 



109. Limonidromus indicus (Gm.). 

 Styan, Ibis, 1891, p. 344. 



A common bird in woods on the hills at the end of April 

 and during May. I have also shot it in the open. 



110. Anthus maculatus (Hodgson). 

 Styan, Ibis, 1891, p. 344. 



A common winter bird. Very abundant in spring, when 

 it is found both in faded and new plumage. The collectors 

 reported having seen great numbers on April 22, which had 

 no doubt just arrived. 



111. Anthus japonicus T. & S. 

 Styan, Ibis, 1891, p. 344. 



Abundant in winter. On March 22 I obtained a specimen 

 which was beginning to moult, and from the 14th of April 

 to about the 20th birds in full breeding-dress were shot in 

 the wheat-fields. After the last-mentioned date they became 

 very scarce. 



I have never seen Anthus cervinus at Chinkiang. 



112. Anthus blakistoni Swinhoe. 

 Styan, Ibis, 1891, p. 344. 



This Pipit is not at all uncommon in winter. I have 

 sometimes seen it in small parties, but, as a rule, it is a 

 solitary bird, frequenting the banks of creeks and ponds. 

 I have several times seen it perch on trees. The call-note is 

 very different from that of the other Pipits with which I am 

 acquainted. It probably leaves about the end of March and 

 returns in November. 



113. Anthus richardi Vieill. 



Styan, Ibis, 1891, p. 344; La Touche and Rickett, Ibis, 

 1905, p. 46. 

 Occurs only on passage and is not common. All the 

 examples seen at Chinkiang were very wild. They pass at 



