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Show 430 MR. R. SWINHOE ON CHINESE Z O O L O G Y . [June 9, Father himself to go over his treasures with me. I jotted down a few notes, which I will here insert. A very fine series of Eagles and Hawks; and among the former a large Gypaetus barbatus with pale underparts. A female Cercus melanoleucus, of a rich brown colour. Troylodytes europceus (?). Apparently the same as the Japanese species, T.fumigatus, Temm. Pericrocotus brevirostris, so marked. A Redbreast with red head and neck, with black line across breast, grey sides, red tail; Robin green above, with white belly = Lusciola akahige of Japan. Lanius excubitor, var., in different stages of plumage. Lanius phcenicurus, with the head dull brownish, forehead grey = L. lucionensis ; and one specimen of the species I have lately described from Szechuen as L. waldeni (P. Z. S. 1870, p. 131). A Warbler from Mongolia, like Sylvia curruca, with black ear-coverts and whitish outer tail-feathers, marked Sylvia cinerea. Locustella certhiola (Pall.), from the neighbourhood of Peking ; and a Warbler from the same locality like Nisoria undata, Bp., but much less banded on the underparts. Passer ouratensis, with black round the bill and down the throat, from the Oulashan ; also Passer petronius, L. Mecistura ouratensis. Two young examples from Oulashan. Parus ouratensis. A n ugly dusky-backed species with a black crown, also from Oulashan (=P. sibiricus). One specimen of m y new JEgialites hartingi (P. Z. S. 1870, p. 136). Another large Sand-plover, with white head and neck, red breast succeeded by a black band, white belly; above brown. This I take to be the full summer plumage of Charadrius veredus, Gould. The most interesting thing in the collection, of which M . David had procured hut the single example mounted in the Peking Museum, was a peculiar Swan, bought in the flesh in the market at Tientsin. M. David did not acquire a duplicate; and it has therefore not been forwarded to Paris. The priests at Paitang gave me permission to describe it; and as it is such a remarkable species I regard it as a duty to make its existence known to the Society. It is smaller than Cygnus bewickii, Yarr., with the neck about a third shorter, is entirely white, with the bill vermilion colour having a black dertrum, and the legs and feet orange-yellow. Specimens of C. musicus and C. bewickii were ranged alongside. Its nearest ally, of course, is C. coscoroba of Chili; but it is larger than that, and has the wing white throughout. It would appear to be the northern representative of that curious form of Swan; and I would propose to name it, in honour of its discoverer, as the Cygnus (Coscoroba) davidi, n. sp. The mounted Mammals were : - A n adult and a younger sample of a Leopard from the western hills-doubtless the Leopardus chinensis, Gray, founded on skulls brought from Peking by Dr. Lockhart (P. Z. S. 1867, p. 264), which, from skins of old and young brought |
