294 MR. R. SWINHOE ON THE BIRDS OF CHINA. [Juiie 23, 



A summer visitant to South China. Abundant on the Island of 

 Amoy for a few days in the middle of May. 



163. Calamoherpe aedon. 



Turdus aedon, Pallas. 

 Arundlnax olivaceus, Blyth. 



I have a specimen from the Andamans presented to me by Mr. 

 Blyth, and another from Tientsin, both precisely identical. It is 

 figured by von Schrenck from the Amoor. I have not yet met with 

 it in South China. It summers in Siberia, North China, and Amoor- 

 land, and winters in Hindostan, probably extending during that season 

 along the Malayan peninsula and into the Andamans. 



164. Calamoherpe cantillans. 



Salicaria cantillans, Temm. & Schleg. Faun. Jap. 



One specimen procured by Mr. Fleming at Tientsin. It would 

 appear to replace in North China and Japan the following species of 

 the south. 



165. Calamoherpe minuta. 



Arundinax minutus, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1860, p. 52. 



This bird arrives from the south to spend the summer in South 

 China. A few, however, occur all the year. It is a curions dimi- 

 nutive of the following, though entirely distinct in manners and song. 



166. Calamoherpe canturians. 



Arundinax canturians, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1860, p. 52. 



Abundant from Canton to Shanghai, and in Formosa. A south- 

 wardly migration takes place in winter, but numbers stay all through 

 the year. As the C. cantillans replaces the C. minuta north of 

 Shanghai, so I suspect the C. cantans of Japan replaces this species 

 in that region. 



167. Drymceca extensicauda, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1860, p. 50. 



Female smaller than male, with shorter tail. Winter plumage 

 more strongly tinted with buff than summer. Bill in winter light- 

 coloured, in summer black. For notes on the habits of this bird, 

 see my different lists in The Ibis. Found as a constant resident in 

 South China, from Amoy to Foochow ; also in Formosa. 



168. Prinia sonitans, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1860, p. 50. 



A resident in South China, from Canton to Foochow ; also in 

 Formosa. 



169. Orthotomtjs phyllorrhapheus, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1860, 

 p. 49. 



An abundant resident in South China, from Canton to Foochow. 

 The male acquires long central tail-feathers in spring. 



