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of Hongkong, Macao, and Canton. 
77. COCCOTHRAUSTES MELANURUS (Gmel.). 
Very abundant about Canton ; evidently breeds there in great 
numbers. 
78. Munia /malacca (Linn.) 
Mocks of these were observed at Macao and Whampoa. 
79. Munia (minima (Lath.)j Cantonese, “ Wo-kook ” 
Very abundant. Most of the court-yards throughout the city 
of Canton have this bird nesting in their trees. The little 
fellows whisk about their pointed tails most vigorously, and utter 
their call-trill when you draw near their nesting site. The nest 
is a round domed construction of grasses and roots, not unlike 
that of a Wren, and generally contains three white eggs. 
80. Munia rubronigra (Hodgs.), 
I almost doubt whether this is a Chinese bird, as I have never 
yet met with it in a wild state. It is occasionally to be seen in 
cages, but I think comes from the Straits. 
81. Munia oryzivora (Linn.). 
Wild at Hongkong during the early spring. 
82. Ligurinus sinicus (Linn.). Cantonese, “ Kum sheong 
sheer 
Abundant. 
83. Passer montanus (Linn.). 
Found everywhere. 
Several other Finches were offered for sale in the Canton 
bird-shops, all of which the dealers said came from Northern 
China ; and this is not improbable, when we consider that such 
birds as Loxia recurvirostra, Fringilla montifring ilia, and Passer 
russatus were among the number. They are brought down in 
numbers for sale by the Tien-tsin junks, that make half-yearly 
passages southwards. At all events, as I have never seen these 
birds in the open country, it is needless to swell my list with 
their names. 
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84. Emberiza fucata, Pall. 
85. Emberiza personata, Temm. 
86. Euspiza aureola (Pall.). 
All more or less common, 
and, I think, resident. 
