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tree, and is followed by a second, then a third and fourth, and 
sometimes more. Presently one shows himself on an exposed 
branch above, stretching out his red-billed head and whisking 
impatiently his two white-tipped tail-streamers. He sees you 
watching him, and at once sets up a cry of “ pink-pink-pink 
followed by a loud chatter, in which his comrades join, and you 
catch glimpses of violet and blue as they hasten from one tree 
to another in a contrary direction, until the distant sound of the 
“ pink-pink ” note tells your ear that the Redlegs are far through 
the woods. 
72. Acridotheres cristatellus (Linn.). Cantonese, (( Lent 
ko” 
Very common. I dissected a female. Gizzard oval, about 
1 in. long, | broad, and \ deep ; somewhat muscular, containing 
chiefly coleoptera ; the inside was lined with a moveable cuticle, 
longitudinally as well as transversely furrowed. Cseca : left T ^-in., 
right -A- in. in length. Around the intestines occurred several 
tape-worms [Tmiia), the longest 1J inch, and about J in. broad ; 
whitish, and of nearly the same width to the end of the tail. The 
head was leech-like, and kept changing its form by its expansive 
and retractile power, at one time looking like a ball, then 
lengthening into a spatula,—then, the lip being drawn back, 
resembling a thistle-head. These curious little creatures lived 
some hours in water. 
73. Gracupica nigricollis (Paykull). 
Somewhat rarer here than at Amoy. 
74. Temenuchus turdiformis (Wagler). Cantonese, “Fooey 
9 an 9” 
I first observed it in April, when large flocks of them arrived 
at Canton, and were to be seen on almost every tree. Is it 
found in summer also in Pegu ? It is abundant at Amoy in 
summer, but its migrations do not extend so far northward as 
Foochow. 
75. Temenuchus sericeus (Lath.). 
76. Temenuchus cineraceus (Temm.). 
I observed flocks of both these on the main opposite Hong¬ 
kong during February. 
