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hen is sitting the cock sits up in true Bunting fashion on a 

 boulder or on a telegraph-post, and sings his Buuting-like 

 song continuously and most monotonously. 



Eggs vary in length from '86 to '76 and in breadth from 

 '68 to 61, and average "80 x '76. 



Artamus fuscus. ' 



This species was found only at Kwei Hsieu, in Kwang Si, 

 and as observations were made iu August no eggs were 

 obtained. When hawking for their prey they look very like 

 Swallows ; they are very tame, and have two cries — a 

 pleasant twitter and a harsh shriek. At sunset family- 

 parties may be seen sitting on a bare bough, the young 

 ones being fed by their parents. 



The nest is a very slight affair of small rootlets lined with 

 finer material, and is placed, like that of so many other 

 species in this country, at the extremity of a slender bough 

 and at a considerable height from the ground. 



Spodiopsar sericeus. 



This Starling is a winter visitor, and was first seen on 

 November 3 and last seen on March 3. It always occurs 

 in flocks, which consort at times with Mynahs and roost 

 with the huge mobs of the latter in the bamboos fringing 

 the reed-beds at Moto Mun and elsewhere ; they were 

 observed to fly from the coast, where they spent the day, 

 to rest at night in clumps of these trees. 



Sturnia sinensis. 



This handsome little Starling is a common summer 

 visitor to both Kwangs, but is more abundant on the coast 

 than inland. It is also observed occasionally in the winter 

 months at Mirs Bay and Kowloon. The birds arrive on the 

 coast about the end of March or very early in April, and 

 })erbaps a day or two later at Samshui; they come already 

 mated and commence nesting-operations without delay. 



A pair of these birds was observed attempting to excavate 

 a hole in a bombax-tree, but, as a rule, they nest in crevices 



