442 Mr. R. Swinhoe’s Ornithological Notes made at Chefoo. 
ruby throat; in the female this is white. I ascertained the 
sex of six with white throats. It is true that at Amoy I found 
males with white throats also; but occasionally the occurrence 
of a red feather in its midst proved that the white throat was 
also the dress of immaturity. Pallas (Zoograph. Rosso-Asiat. 
i. p. 483) states that both sexes have the red throat. An 
old female might occasionally possess it. 
31. Lesser Ox-eye. Parus minor, Temm. & Schleg. 
I both heard and saw this species in the “ Bois de Bologne,^ 
and subsequently got a specimen, which did not differ from 
the birds at Ningpo. It is the only Tit I met with at Chefoo. 
Figured in the MS. Illustrations as Tche-tche-kang, a name 
without meaning, probably in imitation of its notes. 
32. Moluccan Titlark. Anthus gustavi , Swinh. 
Imagine my surprise when, on the 31st May, Mr. Camp¬ 
bell, of Lighthouse Island, sent me fourteen of these Pipits, 
amongst them six males and five females. I had found them 
/s 7* before at Amoy one spring, passing through in large numbers ; 
but I had then no clue as to where they went. In a day or two 
they had all vanished from Chefoo. Judging from the nearly 
equal number of the sexes procured, I should say the two 
travelled in company, which is rarely the case among birds, 
the males generally preceding the females. Besides, north¬ 
wards, this species must have another line of route through 
China; for since I have been in England this time, Mr. 
Sclater sent me a specimen of this Pipit, received from M. 
Taczanowski, of the Museum at Warsaw, to whom it was 
sent from Lake Baikal by Dr. Dybowski. I took this note 
from a fresh Chefoo specimen :— 
“ $ Length 5*85. Wing 3'28; first quill the longest, 
second and third gradatim slightly shorter, 1T5 short of 
tail-tip, *85 longer than tertiaries. Tail 2T8, of twelve fea¬ 
thers, and a little forked. Tarsi in front *85; middle toe and 
claw -85 ; hind toe *45, its claw '47. Bill in front *45, from 
gape '7. 
33. Eastern Tree-Pipit. Anthus agilis , Sykes. 
The only specimen I got of this Pipit was taken on the 4th 
