18"!.] MR. R. SWINHOE ON THE BIRDS OK CHINA. 3 5 1 



100. Troglodytes fumigatus, Temm. Man. d'Ornithol. iii. 

 p. 161. 



Pekin (David). 



101. Orthotonus longicauda (Gm.) ; Swinh. Zool. 1858, 

 p. 6229. 



Motacilla longicauda, Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1788, i. p. 954. 



Orthotonus phijllorrhapheus, Swinh. Ibis, 1860, p. 49, 1861 

 p. 32, 1862, p. 258; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 294. 



South China. Gmelin's name applies specially to the China bird, 

 so that its Indian ally will have to take tbe next in priority of its 

 numerous synonyms. 



102. Prinia sonitans, Swinh.; Zool. 1858, p. 6229; Ibis, 



1860, p. 50, 1861, p. 32, 1863, p. 302, 1870, p. 345; P. Z. S. 

 1863, p. 294. 



South China ; Hainan ; Formosa. 



103. Horeites robustipes, Swinh. Ibis, 1866, p. 398. 



Formosa. Like Horornis assimilis, Hodgs., from Nepal, but with 

 shorter wings, much shorter tail, and longer and stronger hind claw. 



104. Horeites brunneifrons, Hodgs. 



Specimens forwarded by Pere David from the Moupin Mountains 

 have been thus identified by M. J. Verreaux. 



105. Drymcepus extensicauda, Swinh. Ibis, I860, p. 50, 



1861, p. 32, 1863, p. 299, 1865, p. 544, 1870, p. 345 ; P. Z. S. 

 1863, p. 294. 



Drymcepus flavirostris, Swinh. Ibis, 1863, p. 300 (young bird, 

 individual variety). 



Throughout Southern China westwards to Szechuen, in Hainan, 

 and in Formosa. It autumn it acquires a light bill and a very long 

 tail, the whole of its plumage being often suffused with a strong 

 tinge of ochreous. It then much resembles B. longicauda, Tickell, of 

 India. In spring the bill turns black, and the long tail is exchanged 

 for a much shorter one, when it approaches the D. inornata, Sykes, 

 of India. 



106. Suya striata, Swinh. Ibis, 1862, p. 304, 1863, p. 301. 



Prinia striata, Swinh. Journ. North China Asiat. Soc. May 1859 ■ 

 Ibis, 1860, pp. 186, 360. 



North-west Formosa ; Szechuen. Varies much in size. 



107. Suya superciliaris, Anderson, P. Z. S. 1871, antea, 

 p. 212. 



Procured by Dr. Anderson at Momien (Yunnan Province). 



