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Motacilla boarula melanope (PaLLas). Gray Wagtail. 
Motacilla melanope PALLAS: Reise Russ. Reichs, m1, 1776, 696 (Dauria), 
A bird of the mountain brooks. It was seen only in the Ts’in-ling mountains and the 
basin of the Han river. It nests in this region during April, and by the second week in 
May the young birds are out of the nest. 
Specimen No. 6050. Collected April 23, 1904, in the canyon of the Hei-shui-ho (eleva- 
tion 2,500 feet, 750 meters), Ts’in-ling mountains. 
Anthus spinoletta blakistoni (SwINHOE). Blakiston’s Pipit. 
Anthus blakistont Sw1INHOE: Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1863, 90 (Yang-tzi river, 150 miles, 
240 kilometers, inland). 
We found this pipit in the meadows among the higher mountains west of Féu-p’ing- 
hién, Chi-li, in January. A similar bird, presumably of this variety, was not uncommon 
along the streams in Shan-tung in November. The species was again met with in the 
Wei-ho valley in April. In their actions the birds closely resemble Anthus pennsylvanicus 
of the United States. 
Specimen No. 6021. Collected January 19, at Fou-p’ing-hién, Chi-li. 
Specimen No. 6339. Collected April 13, at Chéu-chi-hién, Shen-si. 
The remarks of Dr. Richmond, concerning these specimens, are as follows: 
‘‘There are two specimens in the collection, one from Chi-li (January 19), and the other from Shen-si 
(April 13). Both are marked as females on the labels, but there is a considerable difference in size, partic- 
ularly in the length of the wing. Both of these birds differ from descriptions of A. s. blakistont, in that 
the penultimate tail feather has no white spot at the tip, but merely a narrow white edging on the outer 
web. The April bird is in spring plumage, and is much too pale on the under parts and superciliary stripe 
for A. japonicus. Sharpe gives the dimensions of the wing in Indian examples of blakistoni as 86.5 to 79 
mm., while Swinhoe’s type measured 94mm. The specimens collected by Mr. Blackwelder furnish the 
following: 
“Chi-li: female, Jan. 19, wing, 90; tail, 69; tarsus, 23. 
‘‘Shen-si: female, April 13, wing, 83; tail, 64; tarsus, 23; culmen, 17.” 
Anthus hodgsoni RicHmMonpD. Indian Tree-prpit. 
Anthus maculatus Hopcson, in Gray’s Zool. Miscl., 1844, p. 83; Jerdon, Birds of India, 
Ill, 1864, 873 (nec Motacilla maculata GMELIN). 
This appears to be uncommon in the regions which we visited and we saw it on but 
one occasion. A small flock was encountered near the summit of a mountain (elevation 
7,000 feet, 2,100 meters) in the northern Ts’in-ling mountains, on May rst. Here there was 
a grassy slope, interspersed with scattered pines; and unlike most pipits, these birds took 
refuge in the pine trees when alarmed, instead of keeping to the ground. 
Specimen No. 6063. Collected May 2, 1904, near Siau-wang-kién, Shen-si. 
TIMALIIDZ, 
Following the system proposed by Gadow, we include here the families usually distin- 
guished as the Garrulacide and Paradoxornithide. 
Myiophoneus ceruleus (ScopoL!). Chinese Whistling Thrush. 
Gracula ceruleus Scopout: Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr. 11, 1786, 88 (‘‘China’’). 
This species was observed occasionally along the turbulent mountain brooks of the 
southern Ts’in-lings, early in May. 
Pomatorhinus gravivox Davip. Shen-si Scimitar-babbler. 
Pomatorhinus gravivox Davip: Ann. Sci. Nat. (Zool.), ser. 5, XVI; 1873, art. 5, p. 2 (Prov- 
ince Shen-si, China). 
We found this bird not uncommon in the brushy canyons on the north slope of the 
Ts’in-ling range, late in April. Evidently this is its nesting season, and any intrusion into 
