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Show 1871.] MR. R. SWINHOE ON THE BIRDS OF CHINA. 355 Amoy; Canton; Pekin (David); Lake Baikal (Tacsanowsky). Has been shot in Europe. I have lately received from Trans-Baikal a bird of this group, which I at first thought might be Calamoherpe maackii, of V. Schrenck; but it seems to be a novel form, and I would propose to designate it LOCUSTELLA TACSANOWSKIA, n. sp. Bill black, bright yellow on the basal half of the lower mandible. Legs and toes yellowish flesh-colour. Upper parts olive-brown ; wing- and tail-feathers hair-brown, broadly margined with olive-brown. Underparts and slight superciliary streak yellowish, with the breast, flanks, and tibiee washed with olive-brown. Length 5 inches; wing 2*2; tail 1*9, much graduated, outer rectrixT 6^shortest. First primary of wing broad, * 6 long, second | inch shorter than third, which is slightly shorter than the fourth. The nearest in form to this bird is the Locustella ochotensis, from which, however, it can readily be distinguished by its smaller size, short and blunt bill, unspotted upper parts, and light untipped tail. The Curator of the Museum at Warsaw, M. Tacsanowski, sent this bird to M. Jules Verreaux, labelled Dumeticola thoracica, juvenis. It is likely to occur as a winter visitant in China; but as it has not been yet found in that country, I do not number it in my list. 128. TRIBURA LUTEIVENTRIS, Horsf. P. Z. S. 1845, p. 30. Calamodyta affinis, Gray & Mitch. G. of B. pl. 49. Sent to the Paris Museum by Pere David from Moupin. 129. TRIBURA SQUAMICEPS, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 292; Ibis, 1866, p. 397. Canton ; Formosa. 130. SYLVIA CURRUCA, Linn. Fn. Suec. 247. Curruca garrula, Bris. Av. iii. p. 384. n. 7. Very rare at Pekin, but common at Ordo (David). Mr. Gould has a specimen from Kalgan. 131. PHILACANTHA NISORIA (Bechst.). Nisoria undata, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 430. Pekin (David). 132. OREOPNEUSTE DAVIDII. Abrornis davidii, Milne-Edwards, Nouv. Arch. d. Mus. 1864, t. pl. 2. fig. 1. In structure this species is neither an Abrornis nor a true Phyllo-pneuste, and may with propriety be ranked in a separate genus in company with P. agricolensis, Hume, of India. In coloration it resembles my Araudinax flemingi, and might at the first glance be |