THE DESCRIPTION OF A NEW BULLFINCH. 



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Shüshü Nantö Distr.: i£, Ap. 29; Horisha, Nantö: i£, May 1; 

 Kansaishô, Tainan Distr.: 1^, May to ; Shintengai, Taihoku Distr.: 3'$\s, 

 May ig. Very common except in the mountainous region. The notes 

 are musical. 



93. Rurnesia sonitans (Swinhoe). 

 Kibara-hauchiwadori, Awo-hauchiwadori. 



Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus., VII, p. 205 ; Grant, P. Z. S., 1900, p. 471 ; 

 Grant & La Touche, Ibis, 1907, p. 173; Uchida, Annot. Zool. Japon., 191 2, 

 p. 193 ; Uchida, Nihon Chörui Zusetsu, III, 1915, p. 61 ; Prinia sonitans 

 Swinh., P.Z.S., 1871, p. 351; Tada, Taiwan Chörui Ippan, p. 21. 



Horisha, Nantö Distr.: 1^, May 1; 1Ç, May 2; Enteishö, Tainan 

 Distr.: 2-£\s, May 9. Rare in the northern parts of the island, but much 

 commoner in the districts of Nantö and Tainan. At Horisha, May I, a nest 

 with four eggs of this species was obtained by me. The eggs are of a 

 bright mahogany-red colour with an indistinct ring of dusky blotches near 

 the larger end ; they measure 16x12 mm. 



Family HIRUNDINID^E. 



94. Hiruntlo rustica ft uff unti is Scop. 



Tsubame. 



Tada, Taiwan Chörui Ippan, p. 54; Uchida, Nihon Chörui Zusetsu, III, 

 19 1 5, p. 65; Hirundo gntturalis Scop., Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus., X, p. 134; 

 Oates, F. B. Ind. Bds., II, p. 277 ; David & Oust., Ois. Chine, p. 124 ; Dres- 

 ser, Man. Pal. Bds., I, p. 265; McGregor, Man. Phil. Bds., II, p. 427; Grant 

 & La Touche, Ibis, 1907, p. 194; Uchida, Annot. Zool. Japon., 1912, p. 194. 



Near Nantö, Nantö Distr.: iÇ, Ap. 28; Enteishö, Tainan: i^, May 9. 

 Scarce in the season of my visit to the island. 



95. Writ mio <l aurica strioìata T. & S. 



Ö-koshiakatsubame. 



Uchida, Nihon Chörui Zusetsu, III, 1 9 1 5 , p. 65 ; Hirundo striolata 



