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Eastern Siberia, differing from European birds by having less rose-colour on 

 the flanks and more white on the tertiaries. I repeatedly fell in with them 

 at Muni-ul and Kan-su, but did not succeed in obtaining any specimens, and 

 consequently cannot state which of the three species discovered by Pere 

 David they belong to. 



Birds resembling Orites caudatus occasionally visit Ussuri country and 

 the coasts of the Japanese Sea ; but as no specimens were collected, I cannot 

 with certainty state that they belong to this species. 



90. SuTORA WEBBiANA, Gray. 



Sutora webbiana, Gould^ Birds of Asia^ part iv. pi. 



Common in China proper, but was found by us only in the Hoang-ho 

 valley, in August, in small flocks of from ten to twelve specimens, about the 

 reeds and thick brushwood. They were constantly flying about from one 

 bush to another, with great noise. The northern bend of the Hoang-ho 

 forms the northern boundary of the geographical distribution of the species. 



91. Panurus biarmicus, L. Sinitza horodataya. 



Inhabits the Yellow- River valley and the neighbourhood of Tsaidam, 

 being extremely common in the latter locality in the reed-covered marshes. 

 The Tsaidam specimens diff^er from European by their narrower moustaches. 



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92. Leptopcecile sophi^, Sev. 



Leptopmcile sophice, Sev, Vert, i Gor. raspr. Turk. Jerot. pL viii. figs. 8 & 9. 



This handsome bird, lately discovered by M. Severtzoff in TurKestan, 

 was found by us in the alpine regions of Kan-su. In the months of July 

 and August they keep in small flocks in the groves of Caragana jubata^ 

 chmbing very cleverly about the bushes, and constantly uttering their shrill 



