Mr. It. Swinhoe^s Ornithological Notes made at Chefoo. 439 
the mistake, as Yerreaux showed me the specimen mounted 
in the Museum, as also coming from Pekin, and asked me 
whether I considered it distinct from the smaller form, an¬ 
other mounted specimen, which I recognized as my A. fle- 
mingi. Yet Yerreaux writes (Bull. p. 4), “ c'est encore du 
Moupin que provient Funique sujet male que possede le 
Museum, et qui fut tue en avril 1869 par M. A. David.” 
On the 22nd May, at Chefoo, native birdcatchers brought 
me a small Arundinax , like my A. minutus , but of a rather 
larger size, with the throat coloured as the breast, and with 
only a very little reddish on the forehead. I took the follow¬ 
ing note on its appearance when fresh. It was a female 
on dissection:— 
“ $ . Length 5*4 inches. Wing 2*4; fourth and fifth quills 
equal and longest, 1*4 short of tail, *5 longer than tertiaries. 
Tail 2*4, graduated. Bill *4, to gape *7. Tarse *95. Mid¬ 
dle toe and claw *68; hind toe and claw *5. Iris deep brown. 
Bill brown, pale on tomia , and flesh-coloured at base. Legs 
and feet brownish flesh-colour; claws light brown.” 
24. Diminutive Grasshopper-Lark. Locustella lanceo- 
lata, Temm. 
In the last half of May this species arrived in numbers, and 
almost every bush and patch of coarse grass on our hills had 
its denizens. One perched on the window-sill of my sitting- 
room, and hopped along most tamely, throwing up its tail and 
twitching its wings, but uttering no note. 
On the 31st Mr. Campbell sent me three pairs from Light¬ 
house Island. Their sexual organs were small and black, and 
the fat about the rump was abundant, suety, and hard, show¬ 
ing that they were still “ on the move.” I took this note on 
a fresh female 
“ $ . Length 4*7 inches. Wing 2*28; first quill diminutive 
(varies in size); second rather shorter than the third, which is 
the longest, *34 longer than the tertiaries, 1*3 short of tail- 
tip. Tail 1*95, much graduated and wedge-shaped, outer *7 
short of centrals, and covered by under tail-coverts, which 
run *45 short of tip. Tarsus *65 in front; middle toe and 
