GtL Lieut. R. E. Yanghan and Staff-Surg. K. H. Jones 



identified there. Its cliaructeristic song has been heard 

 during April^ ^NTay, June, and July ; but after August it 

 was silent. Although it is heard at all hours of the day, 

 it prefers to sing before 8 a.m. 



This species is a popular cage-bird with the Chinese, and 

 the fanciers say that those they have for sale come from the 

 Province of Kwang Si. The Hong Kong live-stock dealers 

 call this bird '' Shan Mo." 



Dryonastes perspicillatus. 



This Babbling-Tlirush is a common bird all over the 

 district under discussion, aiul its loud clear whistle is a 

 sound which when once heard in the woods of Hong Kong is 

 not easily forgotten. They usually go about in small 

 parties of from four to a dozen or a dozen and a half, and 

 this arrangement seems to hold good even in the breeding- 

 season. 



It is said by Abbe David that this bird will attack and 

 devour the young of other species, but this was not observed 

 by the writers. It appears chiefly to live on insects. 



The young birds remain with the parents, being fed by 

 them until they are quite well grown. 



The nest is frequently placed in a bamboo at a height of 

 about twenty feet from the ground, but it has been noticed 

 at not more than five or six feet. It is a well-made structure 

 of dry grass, lined with finer grasses or even with pine- 

 needles, and has a good deep cup. 



The pale blue eggs are usually four in number, but three 

 are sometimes sat upon. 



Eggs may be found from early in ^larch until August, so, 

 no doubt, this species is doubled-brooded. 



Eggs average l"iOX'83, and vary in length from 1-lG to 

 1-01, and in width from -90 to -80. 



Dryonastes san.mo. 



This Laughing-Thrush is a resident, but not a common 

 one, and its extremely secretive habits and fondness for 

 thick scrub iu deep valleys and on steep hill-sides makes 



