160 Lieut. R. E. Yaugluiu and StafF-Surg. K. 11. Jones 



AnTHUS CERVINtUS. 



One skin of this Pipit was found among those of Anthus 

 maculatus. 



Anthus maculatus. 



The Eastern Tree-Pipit is a very common winter visitor to 

 Hong Kong, Macao, and the West River. The birds arrive 

 in October and usually leave in April^ but have been seen as 

 late as the middle of May. 



Although this Pipit feeds in the marshes in mulberry- 

 canes and long grass, it is commonly enough observed getting 

 its living by the side of frequented roads and in gardens 

 at Hong Kong, but the most curious thing about it is its 

 marked habit of feeding in trees. It flies up into a tree, 

 usually ahr-tree, runs along one bough, hops on to the next, 

 and runs along that, hunting busily for insects all the 

 time. 



Svvinhoe noticed that when disturbed these birds always 

 fly into a tree, but he did not apparently observe this 

 arboreal mode of picking up a living. 



Anthus richardi. 



Richard's Pipit is an exceedingly common winter visitor 

 to Kwang Tung, the first arrivals appearing early in October 

 or at the end of September, and the later departures taking 

 place towards the end of May. 



There is with this species, as with many others, a good 

 deal of local movement in the winter months, in addition 

 to the actual great migratory rushes. On January 4 

 numbers were seen where the previous day there had been 

 none, and these were not at all likely to have come from 

 far north at that time of year. 



In southern China this species is very tame and allows 

 one to come within a few yards of it. It has been seen to 

 fly up into a tree when disturbed, but this is unusual. 



It is possible that some of these birds may breed in Kwang 

 Si, for one was obser\ed at Tarn Chan on July 12. 



