1 860. ] Ornithology of Ámoy. 25 1 



bar ; 3res and a few of the interior and 2ncs tipped and edgcd 

 with whitish. Urpygials and tail black-tipped and edged 

 paler, the lateral rectrices with more than half the basal inner 

 web and shaft, the 2nd and 3rd both webs, and the 4th a part 

 of the onter web, white, all having some black near their 

 bases. Throat, belly, and under tail-coverts puré white. Sides 

 of neck and throat, breast, flanks, and under wing-coverts 

 brownish with more or less ochre. Thighs brownish. Edge 

 of inner webs of quills palé brownish. 



46. JParus minor, Temm. and Schleg. (Figured in Gould's ' Birds of 



Asia.') 

 The same species as that described in the Fauna Japónica. It 

 prevails along the coast of China from Hongkong to Shan- 

 ghai. The trivirgatus of the same work is common at Shan- 

 ghai, but is not met with so far South as this. 



47. Zosterops japonicus, Temm. and Schleg. 



This answers in every respect to the bird of the Fauna Japónica, 

 except that the lst quill, though very minute, is yet not wcrnt- 

 ing. The bilí and legs are of a slaty blue when the bird is 

 alive, and not of a hlackish brown horn-colour (a fault evidently 

 attributable to the descriptions being taken from a dried skin) . 

 The breast and flanks are of a palé dingy colour, with but very 

 little reddish. Iris dark blackish-brown. It is resident in 

 the neighbourhood, and often wanders to Amoy during winter 

 in search for food. 



48. 3Iotacilla boarula, (L.) 



Common winter visitant. 



49. Motacilla luzoniensis, Scopoli. 

 Common in winter ; a few breed here. 



50. Motacilla lugubris, Temminck. 



Common in winter. 



51. Budytes flava, (L.) 



I think the European species ; rare. 



52. Budytes sulpliurea. 



Both these species are found in autumn, in rice-nelds, 



53. Anihus thermoplülus, Hodgson. 



Common during winter. Two other species occur, but tliov still 

 remain unidentified, 



