246 Ornithology of Amoy. [No. 3, 



of mouth pale flesh-colour. Iris orange-yellow, margin of 

 eyelids buff. Tarsus T ^ ; middle-toe ^ ; outer toe slightly 

 longer than the inner which is -^ ; hind-toe ii ; legs yel- 

 low-ochre, flesh-coloured on the upper surface of the toes. Upper 

 parts olive-brown; region of the eyes, curvature of wing, and tibiae, 

 - buff-ochre. Under parts pale ochreous, with a tinge of primrose- 

 yellow. Wings and tail light hair-brown ; the feathers of the 

 former margined with yellowish brown-olive on the coverts, and 

 reddish on the quills ; those of the latter indistinctly barred with 

 a darker shade. " Your Drymoica" adds Mr. Blyth, " is nearly 

 akin to the common D.fusca of Bengal, Nipal, &c, represented 

 by D. inornata in S. India, but has a conspicuously longer tail, 

 more decidedly rufescent lower-parts and around the eye, and 

 the crown is distinctly striated, in which last it approximates 

 the Cisticolcs" 



29. Cisticola tintinnabulans, nobis, \_lbis, Vol. II, 51.] 



This bird is of rare occurrence in Amoy, but is frequent in 

 Shanghai and West Formosa. I have described it as Cala- 

 manthella tinnabulans, in the II. Vol of the ' Journal of the 

 N. China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society.' On comparing 

 ours with C. hrunniceps of the Fauna Japonica I note the fol- 

 lowing differences. Ours is ^ inch longer, and 5 lines shorter in 

 the wing. The 1st quill is very short instead of being nearly 

 equal to the 2nd, which is li lines shorter than the 3rd, 4th 

 and 5th equal and longest. The bill is longer. The feathers 

 of the head are bordered with yellowish-brown. No greyish- 

 brown occurs on the breast, but the medial line from the throat 

 to the vent is pure white, both sides of it being more or less 

 washed with sienna-buff. 



30. Aerocephalus magnirostris. [Ibis, Vol. II, 51.] 



This bird abounds from Amoy to Shanghai in all reedy places and 

 is described in the Fauna Japonica under the term Salicaria 

 turdina orientalis, and stated there to be found also in Borneo 

 Macassar, and Sumatra. 



Length 7 T 2 -g- ; wing 3 T %. Tail graduated and 3. Bill T 8 ^, to gape 

 lyo- Upper parts a sienna or yellowish brown ; wings brown, 



