18/1.] MR. R. SWINHOE ON THE BIRDS OF CHINA. 389 



409. Emberiza castaneiceps, Gould; Moore, P. Z. S. 1855, 

 p. 215. 



Pekin. "Resident in the Pekin mountains and in Mongolia" 

 (David). 



410. Emberiza pusilla, Pall. It. iii. p. 697; Ibis, I860, p. 61, 

 1861, p. 334; P.Z.S. 1863, p. 301. 



North China ; spreads south in winter. 



411. ScHCENICOLA PALLASII, Cab. 



Emberiza schceniclus, var. minor, Midd. Sib. Reis. Vog. p. 144. 

 Emberiza canescens, Swinh. Ibis, 1860, p. 62, 1861, p. 334; 

 P.Z.S. 1863, p. 301. 



Amoy in winter. River Yangtsze. 



412. Plectrophanes nivalis (L.) ; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 301. 

 North China in the coldest seasons. 



413. Plectrophanes lapponicus (L.) ; Ibis, 1861, p. 334; 

 P.Z.S. 1863, p. 301. 



Common at Pekin in winter. 



414. Alauda arvensis, L. ; Ibis, 1863, p. 94; P.Z.S. 1863, 

 p. 2/1. 



Alauda pekinensis, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 89. 



Alauda japonica, Ibis, 1861, p. 333. 



"Arrives in Pekin and leaves again in April ; some individuals 

 spend the summer in our plains. The Skylark, though known here 

 and at Senen-hwa-foo, is not known in high Mongolia, where it is 

 replaced by Otocoris and Calandrella" (David). 



415. Alauda cantarella, Bp. ; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 2/1. 



Alauda intermedia, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 89. 

 Shanghai. 



416. Alauda ccelivox, Swinh. Zoologist, 1859, p. 6/23; Ibis, 

 1860, p. 62, et pp. 132, 429, 1861, p. 46, 1867, p. 227, 1870, 

 p. 354 ; P. Z. S. 1863, pp. 89, 272. 



Amoy ; Canton ; Hainan. 



417. Alauda sala, Swinh. Ibis, 1870, p. 354. 



Alauda ccelivox (in part), Ibis, 1863, p. 377. 

 North Formosa ; West Hainan. 



418. Alauda wattersi, n. sp. 



Alauda ccelivox (in part), Ibis, 1863, p. 377. 



Distinguishable from A. ccelivox by its shorter and more conical 

 bill, by its long hind claw, by its large and more numerous pectoral 

 spots, and by its want of rufescence. By its long hind claw and 

 markings it comes nearer to A. sala ; but the long curved bill of 



