ZOOLOGY. 497 
Microcichla scouleri (Vicors). Little Forktail. 
Enicurus scoulert Vicors: Proc. Comm. Sci. Zool. Soc. London, 1, 1832, 174 (‘‘ Himalayas’’). 
We saw this bird only in the canyons of the mountains between the Han and the Yang- 
tzi rivers, and rarely even there. Its habits are essentially like those of the last species 
described. The plumage is black and white, the white parts being arranged in such a 
manner that they form a conspicuous white cross when the bird is in flight; by this means 
it may be recognized at once. 
Pheenicurus auroreus (PALLAS). Daurian Redstart. 
Motacilla aurorea PALLAS: Reise Russ. Reichs, 111, 1776, 695 (Baikal region, ‘‘Circa Selengam 
et collaterales fluvios’’). 
From March until June we found this a common bird in the Wei-ho valley and the 
mountainous region to the south of it. It was also seen on the T’ai-shan, in Shan-tung, in 
November. Usually it frequents low trees and shrubs, but it alights frequently upon the 
ground, returning to the trees at intervals to devour what it has found. Its nests are 
placed in shrubs and the young birds appear to be hatched about the middle of May. 
Specimen No. 6036. Collected March 30, 1904, in willows along the road near Lin- 
tung-hién, Shen-si. 
Specimen No. 6046. Collected April 24, 1904, among the bushes of a deep mountain 
canyon, in the northern Ts’in-lings. 
(?) Pheenicurus grandis (GouLp). Gould’s Redstart. 
Ruticilla grandis Gou.p: Proc. Zool. Soc. London, part 17, 1850, 112 (‘‘Afghanistan and 
Thibet’’). 
Birds, agreeing with description of this species, were occasionally seen among the 
mountains of Shan-si, in February. They were usually in small companies, feeding on the 
seeds of dry herbage, near the summits of the mountain peaks (4,000 to 7,000 feet, 1,200 to 
2,100 meters). The only note heard at this season is a metallic chirp, not unlike that of 
the redpoll. 
Ianthea cyanura (PaLLAS). Red-flanked Bluetatl. 
Motactlla cyanurus PALLAS: Reise Russ. Reichs, 11, 1773, 709 (Siberia ‘‘Circa Ieniseam).”’ 
Late in the autumn we secured one of these birds in a grove of willows, at Ch’ang-hia, 
Shan-tung. The species was not seen during the winter, but during the latter part of 
March it appeared again among the willows and fruit-trees in the Wei valley. It is a 
quiet little warbler, with something of the flycatcher’s dash and activity about its move- 
ments. 
Specimen No. 6008. Collected November 3, 1903, at Ch’ang-hia, Shan-tung. 
Phylloscopus proregulus (PaLLAs). Pallas’s Willow Warbler. 
Motacilla proregulus PALLAS: Zoogr. Rosso.-Asiat. 1, 1811, 499 (Eastern Siberia—‘‘ Ad Ingo- 
dam fluvium Daurie). 
We found this a common species in the Ts’in-ling mountains and the valley of the Han, 
in Apriland May. Its favorite resorts are the budding shrubs, especially those which are 
in flower at that season. The willow warbler has a thin wiry little song which is audible only 
at a comparatively short distance. 
CINCLIDZ. 
(?) Cinclus sordidus GouLp. Somber Dipper 
Cinclus sordidus Gouip: Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1859, 494 (‘‘Cashmere”’). 
In the higher mountains west of Pau-ting-fu, wherever turbulent brooks and water- 
falls offer it a favorable habitat, a sooty black ouzel, agreeing with descriptions of this 
