Letters, Extracts, Notices, ^c. 469 



XLVIII. — Letters, Extracts, Notices, S^c. 



We have received the following letters addressed to the 

 Editors of ^ The Ibis :'— 



Swatow, June 11, 1887. 

 Sirs, — In Mr. F. W. Styan's article on a collection of 

 birds made by me in Foochow (Ibis, April 1887, p. 215) 

 some misprints have crept in. 



Shmkow should be Sh?«'kow. 



Ching Feng Lw^ig „ Ching Feng Lmg. 

 To Feng Sen „ ''^90 Feng Ssn. 



(see pp. 216, 218, 222, 230.) 



The following should be added to the list of Foochow 

 birds : — 



1. HaLIAETUS ALBICILLA (?) . 



Sea Eagles passed in some numbers during last autumn. 

 I have a specimen not yet identified, but which, from descrip- 

 tions, appears to be of this species. 



2. Hypsipetes macclellandi. 



Two specimens were shot at the end of February, in the 

 valley of the Min river, about 20 or 30 miles from Foochow. 



3. Parus venustulus, Swinh. 



One shot near Chang Lo Hsien, a city on the mainland, 

 some 13 miles south-east of Foochow. 



4. Cypselus pacificus (?). 



Large Swifts occur on the Min river, near Foochow, in 

 April, but are only seen on rainy days. 



5. Bubo ignavus. 



A couple of young Eagle Owls were obtained about six 

 years ago by Dr. Underwood, of Pagoda Anchorage (the 

 shipping-place of Foochow). He says they were certainly 

 obtained in the neighbourhood. This species seems unknown 

 to the natives. ' 



LlOTHRIX LUTEUS 



Has also been obtained near Foochow. A specimen was 

 shot, out of a party of three, at the end of January last. 



