410 Extracts from Correspondence, Announcements, fyc. 
i{ Among some dozens of Colymbidae lately procured, a few 
have red markings on the throat. This would therefore prove 
our bird to be C. septentrionalis, unless the new species, C. 
adamsi, is also so marked. 
“ I have to note Botaurus stellaris from Swatow, and the fol¬ 
lowing procured for the first time at Amoy :— 
u Emberiza cio'ides (of the f Fauna Japonica ’) from the main¬ 
land in February. 
“ Ruticilla fuliginosa (of a uniform smoke-grey, except the 
red tail), from the neighbouring main in February. 
“ Enicurus schistaceus, also from neighbouring hills on the 
main. Examples of the latter bird were met with on the margins 
of pools. They frequently repeated a series of twittering notes 
not unlike those of the Tringdides hypoteuca , while they moved 
their tails up and down violently. The specimen procured agrees 
exactly with one from Burmah sent to me by Mr. Blyth. 
“ Carbo bicristatus, Temm. et Schl. One immature specimen 
of this bird was brought to me on the 8th March. It was 
shot in this harbour, and agrees precisely with the figures in the 
( Fauna Japonica/ 
se Calliope kamschatkensis. Several of these have been pro¬ 
cured this spring, both mature and with the white throat. 
“ Limosa lapponica seu rufa . One was brought in 12th April, 
1861. 
“ Xanthopygia leucophrys, Blyth (?). 
(C Among several of X. narcissina, one bird has pure white 
eyebrows, is more slightly built than the rest, has black upper 
parts, with golden lower parts, and no flammeous on the throat. 
I conclude it to be the Malayan species. 
“ I have lately procured several dozens of females of X. narcis¬ 
sina, and I would therefore venture to correct my description of 
this one given in the Birds of Canton ( anted,, p. 41). The throat 
is very rarely golden, and there is no black on the cheeks or 
white on the wings. 
t( Turdus sibiricus. A fine mature male was brought in 19th 
April. 
i( Emberiza rutila, Pallas. A fine male, received 20th April, 
agrees well with the description in the ‘ Fauna Japonica/ 
