observed in the Vicinity of Wei Hai Wei. 6G7 
there were young* in a nest at Leu Rung Tao, and that year 
this species was later than Hirundo gutturalis in leaving. 
The well-known flask-shaped nests of these birds are 
placed under the eaves of native and other houses, and many 
are usurped by the quarrelsome Tree-Sparrows (Passer 
montanus), in precisely the same way that House-Sparrows so 
often take by force those of the House-Martins in England. 
Like the other Swallows, this species congregates in large 
flocks prior to making its migratory journey to the south. 
The eggs are pure white and are laid in June and July. 
Five eggs from Shi Tao average *76 X *55 inch, and vary from 
*78 to •75 in length and from *75 to *51 in width. 
Chrysomitris spinus. 
Siskins occur in September and October on migration. 
At Shi Tao, in early October, a Siskin which had been 
caught in the lighthouse was seen in a cage. Many of these 
birds are captured by the native bird-catchers when they 
come in from the north. 
Ligurinus sinicus. 
The Chinese Greenfinch is probably resident about Wei 
Hai Wei in small numbers. Usually I saw these birds in 
small parties or in pairs, and they breed sparingly in scattered 
localities. 
The white variety of the eggs of this bird found in Fo- 
kien was not met with about Wei Hai Wei, but the ground¬ 
colour of the eggs from Shantung is certainly less blue than 
that of those from South China, 
The earliest date for eggs is April 27th and the latest 
May 29th. Eight eggs average *70 x *53 inch, and they vary 
from '72 to *68 in length and from '57 to *51 in width. 
Eophona melanura. 
These Hawfinches I saw only in cages, but I was informed 
that they are caught about Wei Hai Wei and at Chefoo. 
It has to be borne in mind, however, that there is con¬ 
siderable traffic in cage-birds on the Chinese coast and that 
they may be transported for considerable distances in junks. 
