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Show 360 MR. R. SWINHOE ON THE BIRDS OF CHINA. [May 2, 163. GRANDALA CCELICOLOR, Hodgs.; G. R. Gr. & M. Gen. of B. pl. 50. Sent to Paris from Moupin by Pere David. 164. SAXICOLA LEUCOMELA, Pall. Zoogr. t. 28. Mountains west of Pekin (David). 165. SAXICOLA ISABELLINA, Riipp. Atl. t. 34. Saxicola saltatrix, Menetries. Inhabits the high plains near Pekin, sings admirably, nests in the deserted holes of Spermolegus mongolicus (David). 166. SAXICOLA CENANTHE, L. Central mountains of extreme Ordo (north-west of Pekin), it breeds (David). 167. PRATINCOLA INDICA, Blyth, J. A. S. xvi. p. 129; Swinh Ibis, 1860, p. 54, 1861, pp. 33, 329, 1863, p. 298, 1870, p. 344 • P. Z.S. 1862, p. 317, 1863, p. 291. 'P*™. China generally, Hainan, and Formosa. Distinguishable at all ages from P. rubicola by its black axillaries and unspotted uro-pygials. Chinese specimens are more rust-coloured on the upper parts, and especially on the rump, than Indian ones. 168. PRATINCOLA FERREA, Hodgs. Ibis, 1862, p. 258 ; P.ZS 1863, p. 291. Ruticilla, sp. nov. ?, Ibis, 1861, p. 33. South China. 169. ACCENTOR ERYTHROPYGIUS, Swinh. P.Z.S. 1870 p 124 pl. 9, & p. 447. ' Accentor alpinus, Midd. Sib. Reise, Vogel, p. 173. Western Hills of Pekin in September. Middendorff met with young birds on the cliffs of the south shore of the Sea of Okhotsk in July. Young birds have also been received from the Trans- Baikal region. 170. ACCENTOR NIPALENSIS, Hodgs. Sent by Pere David from Moupin. Has also been received from the Trans-Baikal. 171. ACCENTOR MULTISTRIATUS, David, Ann. Mae. Nat. Hist. April 1871. Procured by Pere David at Moupin. Closely allied to A. strophiatus, Hodgs., of the Himalayas. 172. ACCENTOR IMMACULATUS, Hodgs. Sent by Pere David from Moupin. |
