220 Mr. F. W. Sty an uu a 



36. LUSCINIOLA FUSCATA (Blytli). 



February^ April, May. 



37. LusciNioLA scHWARZi (Radde) . 

 Herbivocula flemingi (S winh.) , 



One specimen^ dated the 13tli December. 



38. LOCUSTELLA CERTHIOLA (Pall.). 



" Abundant in the paddy-fields, among the rice, from the 

 beginning of September till, I believe, the end of October, 

 or at least till all the rice is cut/' — J. D, T. 



39. LoCUSTELLA OCHOTENSIS (Midd.). 



May, June, September. 



40. Cettia canturiens (Swinh.) . February. 



41. Cettia fortipes (Hodgs.). 



"I found it common at Foochow in February and March, 

 at Peling in January and February, and near Lien Chiang 

 hsien in December.'^ — J. D. T. 



42. Cisticola cisticola (Temm.). 



A series of nine skins of the large eastern form of this 

 species. 



" Abundant in December on the banks of the Lien Chiang 

 river, several shot at Laokee on 24th March and 10th April, 

 and several noticed in autumn near Foochow. '^ — J. D. T. 



43. SUYA CRINIGERA (HodgS.). 



Suya striata, Swinh. June. 



44. Prinia inornata, Sykes. 

 Drymoepus extensicauda, Swinh. 



" One of the commonest residents in the neighbourhood. 

 It is found in autumn in the paddy-fields when the rice is 

 getting ripe, and in winter in all sorts of situations. In 

 the spring it returns to the neighbourhood of creeks and 

 ponds, and nests there among the reeds. On the 21st June 

 I found a nest in some reeds overhanging a small pond. 

 It was bean-shaped, made of fine grass beautifully woven 

 together, and was fastened to the reeds by blades of grass. 

 The opening, situated in the side near the top, was made in 



