ON A COLLECTION OF BIRDS. 163 



22. Buchanga atra. 



Buchanga «^r« (Herrn.), Sliarpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus., Ill, 



p. 246 (1877); Berez. et Bianchi, Aves Exped. Potan. 

 Gö^2-5i^p. lOS (1891). 



Dicninis cathœcus (Swinh.), David et Oustalet, Ois. 

 Chine, p. 108(1877). 



a. 9 ad. Mi-Yiien-Ghan, May 23, 1897. 



23. Oriolus diffusus. 



Oriolus dijfiisiis., Sliarpe, Cat. B. Brit. Miis., HI, p. 197 

 (1877) ; David et Oustalet, Ois. Chine, p. 539(1877) ; Berez. 

 et Bianciii, Aves. Exped. Potan. Gan-su, p. 120 (1891) ; 

 Tacz., Me'm. Acad. Imp. St. Pétersb. (7), XXXIX, p. 459 

 (1893). 



Oriolus chinensis (nee Linn), David et Oustalet, Ois. 

 Chine, p. 132 (1877). 



Oriolus cochinchinensis (nee Briss.), Prjev. in Bowleys 

 Orn. Misc., II, p. 271 (1877). 



a. b. ^ Ç ad. Lu-Hai-Kow, May 24, 1897. 



24. Montifringilla davidiana. 



Pyrgilauda davidiana, Prjev. in Bowley s Orn. Misc., II, 

 p. 292 (1877); David et Oustalet, Ois. Chifie, p. 339 



(1877). 



Montifringilla davidiana (Verr.), Sharpe,Cfl/. B. Bint. 

 Mus., XII, p. 263 (1888). 



a. cf ad. Dolon-Nor, June 10, 1897. 



This is a very rare species in Museums, and in 1888, 

 when I wrote the Catalogue of Birds, it was not repre- 

 sented in our collection. It was originally discovered in 

 Chinese Mongolia by Abbé David. 



