1873.] MR. R. SWINHOE ON CHINESE BIRDS. 689 



being in the second list diagnosed afresh without any reference to the 

 former description), and which have been inserted in my catalogue. 

 There remain therefore the following 24 species to add to my 

 catalogue (P. Z. S. 1871, p. 337)— 23 from Moupin, and 1 from 

 Pekin : — ■ 



1. Picus desmursi, J. Verreaux. Moupin (David). 



2. Picoides funebris, J. Verr. Ibid. (id.). 



3. Sitta sinensis, J. Verr. Ibid. (id.)*. 



4. Siphia hodgsoni, J. Verr. Ibid. (id.). 



5. Pnoepyga troglodytoides, J. Verr. Ibid. (id.). 



6. Merula gouldi, J. Verr. Ibid. (id.). 



7. Cholornis paradoxa, J. Verr. Ibid. (id:). 



8. Suthora alpho?isiana,J. Verr. Ibid. (id.). 



9. Alcippe pcecilotis, J. Verr. Ibid. (id.). 



10. Pterorhinus maximus, J. Verr. Ibid. (id.). 



11. P. lanceolatus, J. Verr. Ibid. (id.). 



12. Ianthocincla lunulata, J. Verr. Ibid. (id.). 



13. Trochalopterum ellioti, J. Verr. Ibid. (id.). 



14. T. blythi, J. Verr. Ibid. (id.). 



15. Abrornis acanthizoides, J. Verr. Ibid. (id.). 



16. Siva cinereiceps, J. Verr. Ibid. (id.). 



17. S. rugicapilla, J. Verr. Ibid. (id.). 



18. S. striaticollis, J. Verr. Ibid. (id.). 



19. Mini a jerdoni, J. Verr. Ibid. (id.). 



20. Proparns swinhoii, J. Verr. Ibid. (id.). 



21. Carpodacus edwardsi, J. Verr. Ibid. (id.). 



22. C. trifasciatus, J. Verr. Ibid. (id.). 



23. C. vinaceus, J. Verr. Ibid. (irf.). 



24. Arundinax davidiana, J. Verr. Pekin (id.). 



We must not pass by three other novelties, also from Moupin, 

 given in Pere David's catalogue (Nouv. Arch. vii. Bull. p. 1) with MS. 

 names ; but until descriptions are published, by the laws of nomen- 

 clature they cannot be accepted. We give their names for the sake 

 of their numbers : — 



25. Phyllopneuste trinotaria, A. David, MS. 



26. Calliope pectardens, A. David, MS. 



27. Carpodacus verreauxi, A. David, MS. 



In further studying Pere David's catalogue, I find that 1 have 

 omitted the following species, procured in China only by himself, 

 from my ' Catalogue of the Birds of China ' : — 



28. Troglodytes nipalensis, Hodgs. Moupin. 



29. Abrornis affinis, Hodg. Ibid. 



30. Lophophanes dichrous (Hodgs.). Ibid. 



31. L. melanolophus (Vigors). Kokonor. 



32. Petrocincla erythrogastra, Vigors. Moupin. 



33. Hydrobata cashmiriensis, Gould. Ibid. 



* Larger than my Ningpo bird. and. I think, different. 

 Proc. Zool. Soc— 1873, No. XLIV. 1A 



