300 MR. R. SWINHOE ON THE BIRDS OF CHINA. [June 23, 



of this species presents a plumage like that of the female P. domes- 

 ticus, L. 



197. EuspizA RTJTiLA (Pall.); Bp. Consp. Av. p. 469. 



Found in Siberia, Amoorland, and Japan. A few wend their way 

 southwards in winter. I have procured it at Amoy, where it is ex- 

 tremely scarce. 



198. EuspizA AUREOLA (Pall.) ; Bp. Consp. Av. p. 468. 



Summers in North China, Amoorland, and Japan, and winters in 

 South China, and plentifully in Burmah. Abundant about Canton 

 and Amoy during the cool season. Known to Europeans in China 

 as the "Canton Ortolan." 



199. EUSPIZA STJLPHURATA. 



Emheriza sulphurata, Temm. & Schleg. Faun. Jap. 



Summers in Japan, and winters in South China. Numbers touch 

 Amoy on the northward migration in April. Has not been noted 

 either from North China or the Amoor. In Sir WiUiam Jardine's 

 ' Life and Memoirs of Mr. Hugh Strickland,' a bird is described and 

 figured as Euspiza cinerea from Smyrna, which looks much like a 

 larger representative race of this species. 



200. Melophus MELANiCTERUs(Gmel.); Bp.Consp.Av.p.470. 



Abundant at all seasons about Canton, Macao, and Amoy, ex- 

 tending upwards to Foochow, but I do not think much further north. 



201. Emberiza pityornis (Pall.) ; Bp. Consp. Av. p. 466. 

 Siberia, North China, and the Amoor. I met with it at Pekin 



in October. 



202. Emberiza spodocephala. Pall. 



E. personata, Temm. 

 E. melanops, Blyth. 



I have a large series of this bird, all shot at Amoy, in various 

 stages of plumage, answering to the three so-called species. The 

 entire grey head and neck, and black round the bill, are put on by the 

 male in full plumage ; and the yellow tints of the under parts vary 

 in hue and intensity. Von Schrenck notices the two first from 

 Amoorland as distinct species ; and Mr. Blyth has described the 

 third as an occasional straggler in North-eastern India. In winter 

 it visits the south of China in large numbers, returning on the ap- 

 proach of summer to North China, the Amoor, and Japan. 



203. Emberiza ciopsis, Bp. 



E. cioides, Temm. & Schleg. Faun. Jap. 



This species is found in North China, Amoorland, and Japan. It 

 is a winter visitant to South China. 



