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there. One specimen was obtained, however, on the 1 0th of September, in 

 Ala-shan. About Lake Hanka we noticed it also only on migration, and 

 therefore cannot say whether it breeds there or not. 



68. Nemura cyanura. Pall. 



Nemura cyanura, Temm. & Schleg. Faun. Japon. pi. xxi. 



This species was met with by us for the first time in the Ala-shan about 

 the end of September and beginning of October 1871. It breeds commonly 

 in the wooded parts of Kan-su, whither it arrives in April ; after that time 

 the male birds sing beautifully. 



One-year-old males resemble the female birds in plumage ; whilst in old 

 males the blue colour is brighter, especially on the rump and the small and 

 median wing- coverts ; also the quills and tail-feathers are edged with blue. 

 Measurements of an old male — length 5^^*7, width 9", wing 3'''2, tail 2^''53, 

 culmen 0''-37, tarsus 0"*97. 



About Lake Hanka the first migrants arrive in the beginning of April, 

 and are common until May, In summer, however, I did not see a single 

 specimen, although Maack states he found it breeding sparingly in the 

 Ussuri country. 



69. HODGSONIUS PHGENICUROIDES, HodgS. 



Hodgsonius phcenicuroides, Henderson & Hume_, Lahore to Yarkand, pi. vi. 



Only one specimen was obtained, in the Kan-su mountains, near 

 Chertinton. The bird was flying about some bushes at the edge of a wood. 

 I am sorry to say that the specimen (a male) was very much mutilated by 

 the shot. It measured in length 7\ width 8"-5, wdng 2'^*92, tail 3'^-13, 

 culmen 0"-51, tarsus I'^'l, middle toe 0"'7, hind toe 0''-33, hind claw 0''-27. 



It occurs to me that this species breeds in Kan-su, in which, however, 

 it has not been observed. 



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