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HIRUNDINIDZ. 
Hirundo rustica gutturalis (ScopoL1). Eastern Swallow. 
Hirundo gutturalis Scorout: Del. Flore et Faunz Insubr, 11, 1786, 96 (Panay, Philippines). 
By the middle of March these swallows appeared on the plateau of southern Shan-si, 
and during the rest of our journey to the Yang-tzi we met them occasionally. They 
seemed to prefer the well-inhabited plains and broad valleys. We saw none among the 
high ranges of the Ts’in-ling-shan nor in the canyon region of southern Shen-si and eastern 
Ssi-ch’uan, but they were abundant in the vicinity of cities, such as Hing-an-fu and P’ing-li. 
Swallows of similar appearance were common on the plain of the Huang-ho, in October, 
and also along the Manchurian railroad, in September. At Dauria, Mongolia, a number 
had built their nests under the eaves of the railroad station; the meager description of 
this bird recorded at the time applies better to H.. rustica tytlert Jerdon of India than to 
the present variety, but the data are insufficient in this case for a reliable determination. 
Specimen No. 6042. Collected April 13, 1904, on the muddy flats bordering the 
Wei-ho, near Chéu-chi-hién, Shen-si. 
Hirundo daurica nipalensis (HopGson). Hodgson’s Striated Swallow. 
Hirundo nipalensis HopGson: Jour. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, v, 1836, 780 (Nepal). 
We saw this bird in May between the Ts’in-ling divide and the Yang-tzi. In that 
region it is rather more common than H. r. guttwralis and does not share the latter’s predi- 
lection for towns and cities. It nests among rocky ledges bordering the rivers and thus 
finds a congenial home in the very canyons which the preceding species avoids. 
(?) Riparia riparia LINN&us. Sand Martin. 
Hirundo riparia LINN&US: Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, 192 (London). 
Banks of clay or sand, affording nesting sites for this species, are not numerous in the 
mountainous region of the west; but wherever these conditions are favorable the bank 
swallow appears. We saw it only at Shi-ts’tian-hién, on the Han river and locally on the 
Ta-ning-ho. 
CAMPEPHAGID 2. 
Volvocivora melanoptera (RUPPELL). Pale-gray Cuckoo-shrike. 
Ceblepyris melanoptera RUPPELL: Mus. Senckenb. 111, 1, 1839, 25, plate 2, 1 (‘‘Neu Holland,’’ 
probably Burmah or $. China). 
This is one of the birds seen occasionally in the luxuriant growth of shrubbery, in the 
valleys of southern Shen-si. 
Pericrocotus brevirostris (Vicors). Short-billed Minivet. 
Muscipeta brevirostris Vicors: Proc. Comm. Sci. Zool. Soc., London, 1, April 6, 1831, 43 
(‘‘Himalayas’’). 
This brilliant red and black species was observed only in the shady woods, remnants of 
which have escaped the general destruction of forests in certain parts of the Ts’in-ling 
mountains. : 
Specimen No. 6057. Collected April 27, 1904, near Ir-ling-p’u, in a wooded mountain 
gulch (elevation 6,000 feet, 1,800 meters). Measurements of this adult male are: Wing, 
89; tail, 100; tarsus, 16; culmen, 16 mm. 
