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Mr. R. Swinhoe on the Ornithology 
50. Turdus mandarinus, Bp. Cantonese, “ Woo-yay” 
An abundant resident. Its sweet melody enlivens all the 
gardens. The male and female greatly assimilate, and in this 
respect differ much from the European Blackbird. Both sexes 
have yellow bills in the summer ; but the plumage of the female 
is browner than that of the male. It builds chiefly on the boughs 
of the Banyan {Ficus nitida ), making a nest scarcely distinguish¬ 
able in aspect from that of the T. merula. 
51. Petrocossyphus manillensis (Bodd.). 
Numerous about the rocky hills. 
52. Garrulax perspicillatus (Gmel.). Cantonese, “ Sampa- 
low” 
Frequents clumps of bamboos, where it chatters and makes a 
great noise, often bursting out into the loud notes “ teo-teo” 
which appear to be the call from one to the other, and can be 
heard at a long distance. It is a great enemy to the eggs and 
young of small birds, and in habits approaches somewhat the 
Jays. 
53. Leucodioptron canorum (Linn.). 
This is the “Hwa-mei 33 or Song-Thrush of the Chinese. Mr. 
Blyth tells me that the true Garrulax sinensis , Linn., is from the 
Tenasserim Provinces. A few a Hwa-meis 33 may constantly be 
heard singing among the bushes on the almost precipitous sides 
of the lofty hills of Hongkong. 
54. Oriolus chinensis, Linn. {0. acrorhynchus, Vig.) Can¬ 
tonese, “ Wong -gang 33 
This Oriole occurred plenteously at Canton, and, from com¬ 
parison of specimens, I find that both sexes vary considerably in 
size, in the height of the culmen of the bill, and in the extent of 
the yellow and black on the wings and tail, hence affording satis¬ 
factory proof of the identity of the two species, O. sinensis and 
0. acrorhynchus . I send specimens of both the supposed species 
for comparison*. 
pletely with a male Turdus cardis in Mr. Gould’s collection. It will be 
interesting to know if these birds really breed in this plumage.—P. L. S. 
* Mr. Swinhoe’s ten specimens all appear to be referable to one species— 
without doubt the true 0. cliinensis. But it is still necessary to examine 
