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Show 354 MR. R. SWINHOE ON THE BIRDS OF CHINA. [May 2, 120. HERBIVOCULA FLEMINGI. Arundinaxflemingi, Swinh. P.Z. S. 1870, p. 440. Salicaria cantillans, P. Z. S. 1862, p. 316, 1863, p. 294. Tientsin (Fleming), Pekin (David). I saw two sizes of this in the Paris Museum from Pekin, but I scarcely think they are separable. There was only one specimen of each to judge from. A specimen has been received from Trans-Baikal. 121. CALAMOHERPE CONCINENS, Swinh. P. Z.S. 1870, p. 432. Pekin. 122. CALAMODUS SORGHOPHILUS. Calamodyta sorghophila, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1863, pp. 92, 293. Amoy. 123. DUMETICOLA AFFINIS, Hodgs. Cat. Specim. Brit. Mus. Mamm. & Birds, App. p. 151. Dumeticola thoracica, Blyth, J. A. S. xiv. p. 584. Received at the Paris Museum through Pere David from the Moupin Mountains. Has also been sent from Lake Baikal. 124. LOCUSTELLA HENDERSONII, Cass. Proc. Phil. Acad. Sciences, 1858, p. 194 ; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 293. Locustella rubescens!, Ibis, 1860, p. 358, 1861, pp. 32, 328. Locustella macropus, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 93. China generally. 125. LOCUSTELLA CERTHIOLA, Pall. Motacilla certhiola, Pall. Zoogr. p. 509. Pekin. The Paris Museum has specimens sent by Pere David; and I have a head, also sent by him from Pekin. Trans-Baikal (Tacsanowsky). 126. LOCUSTELLA RUBESCENS, Blyth, J. A. S. xiv. p. 582. Locustella ochotensis, Midd. Sib. Reise, t. 16, 17, 18; Ibis, 1863, p. 91 ; P.Z.S. 1863, p. 293. Amoy. Received from Trans-Baikal. Found near Calcutta in winter (Blyth). Indian specimens have the throat and belly white, and have no yellow on the underparts, and represent the bird in the winter dress. A Baikal specimen in breeding-plumage is yellowish beneath with black spots on the breast. A specimen shot in September at Amoy is intermediate. 127. LOCUSTELLA LANCEOLATA, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. iv. p. 614. Locustella minuta, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1863, pp. 93, 293 ; Ibis, 1866, p. 293. Locustella allied to L. rail, Swinh. Ibis, 1861, p. 412. |
