187).] MR. a. SWINHOE ON THE BIRDS OF CHINA. 357 



Phyllopneuste sylvicultrix, Ibis, 1863, p. 307 ; P. Z. S. 1863, p.295. 



Phyllopneuste javanica, Bp. (nee Horsf. quse Zosterops), Consp. 

 Av. i. p. 290. 



Sylvia (Phyllopneuste) eversmanni, Midd. (nee Bonap.) Sib. Reise, 

 Vog. p. 178, t. 16. f. 1-3. 



Sylvia flavescens, G. R. Gray, P. Z. S. i860, p. 349. 



Phyllopneuste hennicotti, Baird, Trans. Chicago Acad. Sci. 1869, 

 i. p. 313, pi. 30. fig. 2. 



This Willow- Wren passes through Amoy each spring and autumn 

 in immense numbers ; and I have a large series which vary in size 

 and length of parts, but can barely be separated into large and small 

 races, as intermediate sizes occur. I have seen our species from the 

 Tenasserim province, and have two skins of the same from Flores, 

 collected by Mr. Wallace, and marked S. flavescens, G. R. Gray. 

 Dr. V. Schrenck has sent me the same from the Kurile Islands labelled 

 Sylvia eversmanni ; and we have received many from Trans-Baikal 

 through Madame Verdey of Paris. Further, I have examined two 

 specimens from North "Russia, collected by M. Meves, and kindly 

 lent me by Messrs. Salvin and Godman, to whom they belong. 

 These are marked P. eversmanni, and are also identical with our 

 China bird. Dr. Hartlaub's P. borealis is founded on a specimen from 

 the shores of the sea of Okhotsk ; and on carefully reading his descrip- 

 tion of it, and comparing it with the so-called P. javanica (a Java 

 specimen), I find no material difference between them, further than 

 I can match from my series of specimens from China. Finally, Mr. 

 Tristram insists that the type of P. kennicotti, Baird, from Alaska, 

 which has been submitted to his inspection, is no other than our 

 Chinese friend. This species thus shows itself to be a great wan- 

 derer, resorting in winter to the Malayan peninsula and archipelago, 

 and seeking a summer home in the high latitudes of Asia, extending 

 even to Russia (and apparently to Heligoland) on the European side, 

 and to Alaska on the American side. During its migrations it occurs 

 in Formosa ; and I have seen it in the Leyden Museum from Japan. 



139. Reguloides proregulus (Pall.), Ibis, 1867, p. 408, 

 1870, p. 345 ; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 297. 



Motacilla proregulus, Pall. Zoogr. i. p. 499. 



Reguloides chloronotus, Ibis, 1860, p. 54, 1861, pp.33, 330. 



China generally. 



140. Reguloides superciliosus, Ibis, 1863, p. 307, 1866, 

 p. 135, 1867, p. 408, 1870, p. 345 ; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 297. 



Motacilla superciliosa, Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1788, i. p. 975. 

 Reguloides proregulus, Ibis, 1860, p. 54, 1861, pp.32, 330, 1862, 

 pp. 257, 258. 



China generally ; Formosa. 



141. Abrornis fulvifacies, Siviuhoc, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 132. 

 Szechuen province. 



