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Show 1871.] MR. R. SWINHOE ON THE BIRDS OF CHINA. 357 Phyllopneuste sylvicultrix, Ibis, 1863, p. 307; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 295. Phyllopneuste javanica, Bp. (nee Horsf. quae Zosterops),'ConsD.' Av. i. p. 290. r /» • v Sylvia (Phyllopneuste)eversmanni, Midd. (nee Bonap.) Sib. Reise Vog. p. 178, t. 16. f. 1-3. Sylvia flavescens, G. R. Gray, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 349. Phyllopneuste kennicotti, Baird, Trans. Chicago Acad. Sci 1869 i. p. 313, pl. 30. fig. 2. This Willow-Wren passes through Amoy each spring and autumn in immense numbers ; and I have a large series which vary in size and length of parts, but can barely be separated into large and small races, as intermediate sizes occur. I have seen our species from the Tenasserim province, and have two skins of the same from Flores, collected by Mr. Wallace, and marked S. flavescens, G. R. Gray.' Dr. V. Schrenck has sent me the same from the Kurile Islands labelled Sylvia eversmanni; and we have received many from Trans-Baikal through Madame Verdey of Paris. Further, Lhave examined two specimens from North Russia, collected by M . Meves, and kindly lent me by Messrs. Salvin and Godman, to whom they belong. These are marked P. eversmanni, and are also identical with our China bird. Dr. Hartlaub's P. borealis is founded on a specimen from the shores of the sea of Okhotsk ; and on carefully reading his description of it, and comparing it with the so-called P. javanica (a Java specimen), I find no material difference between them, further than I can match from m y series of specimens from China. Finally, Mr. Tristram insists that the type of P. kennicotti, Baird, from Alaska, which has been submitted to his inspection, is no other than our Chinese friend. This species thus shows itself to be a great wanderer, resorting in winter to the Malayan peninsula and archipelago, and seeking a summer home in the high latitudes of Asia, extending even to Russia (and apparently to Heligoland) on the European side, and to Alaska on the American side. During its migrations it occurs in Formosa; and I have seen it in the Leyden Museum from Japan. 139. REGULOIDES PROREGULUS (Pall.), Ibis, 1867, p. 408 1870, p. 345 ; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 297. Motacilla proregulus, Pall. Zoogr. i. p. 499. Reguloides chloronotus, Ibis, 1860, p. 54, 1861, pp.33, 330. China generally. 140. REGULOIDES SUPERCILIOSUS, Ibis, 1863, p. 307, 1866 p. 135, 1867, p. 408, 1870, p. 345; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 297. Motacilla superciliosa, Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1788, i. p. 975. Reguloides proregulus, Ibis, 1860, p. 54, 1861, pp.32, 330, 1862, pp. 257, 258. China generally; Formosa. 141. ABRORNIS FULVIFACIES, Swinhoe, P.Z.S. 1870, p. 132. Szechuen province. |