the Birds of Chinkiang. 13 
males assuming the adult dress, was shot by the collectors 
on May 10, 13, 14, 16, and 19. The species appears to be 
common during that month, but I have not noticed it in 
summer. All these seven birds have the under wing-coverts 
and axillaries more or less tinged with buff, and the females 
are suffused with rusty red all over the under parts. The 
soft parts, &c., of a young male shot on May 19 are :— 
Iris dark orange blotched with brown; cere orange; base 
of bill bluish ; culmen and nearly all the upper mandible 
greyish brown; legs orange. Wing 7°45 in. ‘Total length 
11:3 in. 
153. AccrPrTEeR Nisus (L.). 
Styan, Ibis, 1891, p. 488. 
Common from September to April. 
154, AccipireR cuLaRis T. & S. 
Accipiter nisoides Blyth ; La Touche, Ibis, 1898, p. 372. 
An adult male and an adult female were shot on May 7 
and 9 by the collectors. 
Soft parts, &c., are—Male: Iris crimson; cere, rim of 
eyelids, and legs yellow; bill blue, tipped with blackish. 
Wing 6°4 in.; 4th primary longest, 3rd and 5th primaries 
nearly equal. ‘Total length 10°55 in. 
Female: Legs yellow. Wing7‘65in.; 4th primary longest, 
3rd primary intermediate between 4th and 5th. 
On October 21, 1904, I bought from a native what 
appeared to be a young female of this species. This bird, 
which I brought back to Europe, has since died in London 
at the Zoological Gardens. It had been trained to catch birds 
and was extremely gentle and tame. Its iris and feet were 
yellow. I unfortunately neglected to take measurements, 
but it seemed to agree well with a young female obtained 
in Formosa. 
155. Fatco communis (Gm.). 
Styan, Ibis, 1891, p. 489. 
Common in winter up to at least the end of April. This 
species or I. peregrinator probably breeds here. 
