A COLLECT ION OF IÌIRDS FROM TONKIN. 



F. Br. Inds., Bds., II, p. 291; Dresser, Man. Pal. Bds., I, p. 199. 

 An adult male (Nov. 4, 191 1) from Lao-kay. 



44. Anthus mactilalus y nun ait e it sis Uchida & Kuroda. 

 Short-billed Eastern Tree-Pipit. 



Uchida & Kuroda, Annot. Zool. Japon., 1 916, p.. 134-135 ; A. tribialis 

 mqculatus (nec Hodgs.), Ingram, Nov. Zool., XIX, p. 304 ; Pipastes macu- 

 la tus (nec Hodgs.), Anderson, Yunnan Exp., Aves, p. 608. 



One male (Nov. 17, 191 1) from Yen-bai ; two males (Dec. ir, 191 1 ; 

 Mar. 3, 191 2) and one female (Mar. 8) from Lao-kay. This subspecies, 

 hitherto known from Yunnan, China and Formosa, is here recorded for the 

 first time from Tonkin. 



45. 3 nt fms spinoletta japonicus T. & S. 



Eastern Water Pipit. 



Hartert, Vog. Pal., I, p. 282 ; Antlius japonicus T. & S., Sharpe, Cat. 

 B. Br. Mus., X, p. 59S ; Oates, F. B. Ind., Bds., II, p. 312 ; Dresser, Man. 

 Pal. Bds., I, p. 215. 



One young female (Dec. 19, 191 1) from Lao-kay. 



Fam. HENICURID^E. 



46. Henicurus lescJtenanlfi (Vieill.). 

 Leschenault's Forktail. 



Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus., VII, p. 313 ; David et Oust , Ois. Chine, p. 

 295 ; Oates, F. B. Ind., Bds., II, p. 86 ; Enicurus sinensis Swinhoe, P. Z. S., 

 1 87 1, p. 365 (part.). 



One male (Nov. 15, 191 1) from Yen-bai. In this specimen, the outer- 

 most tail-feathers are shorter than the penultimate pair by only about 7 mm. 

 The species is slightly smaller than Gould's H. sinensis from China, and 

 moreover, in that species the outermost tail-feathers are shorter than the 

 penultimate by about 50 mm. 



