Birds of North-East Chihli. 
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1921.] 
twittering continuously. Some packs kept wheeling round, 
but none settled that day. During that month a great number 
appeared to have passed, some from west to east, others in 
an opposite direction. They probably came from the interior 
via the Chihli Plain. Many flocks must have settled on the 
plain in this vicinity and farther north, as the market during 
the winter was stocked with both live and dead birds. The 
former were kept in baskets like chickens or quail and 
seemed quite tame. They were fed on kaoliang (sorghum). 
I saw birds flying also during December, but all passed at a 
considerable distance, and I had to fall back on the market 
for specimens. The immigration must have ceased early in 
the winter as no fresh specimens were to be seen in the 
market after December or maybe January, and the birds 
must have returned inland during the latter month. After 
this, I did not see any more, neither were any exposed for 
sale in the Chinwangtao market. I was much astonished to 
hear from Mr. A. L. Hall, to whom I am indebted for much 
information and for specimens from the extreme north of 
the province, that this Sand-Grouse is unknown in the 
Chihfeng district. Mr. C. B. Rickett wrote to me in the 
spring of 1913 that great numbers of Sand-Grouse were 
imported that season into England from Russia, so that 
1912-13 must have been a great Sand-Grouse year. 
Pallas's Sand-Grouse is also of irregular occurrence at 
Newchwang and is occasionally very abundant there. During 
the winter 1889-90 I saw but one flock and none were 
brought to market. 
187. Phasianus colchicus karpowi Buturlin. 
Phasianus torquatus , var. a, D. & O. p. 409. 
The North China Ring-necked Pheasant is very abundant 
in the mountainous country north of Chinwangtao, but does 
not occur commonly within twelve miles of the port. From 
the beginning of November to the beginning of March the 
market is stocked with these pheasants brought down from 
localities twenty to sixty miles distant from the coast. 
The characteristic features of the North China Pheasant 
