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on. It may be syllabled '' kwee-kwe-kwe-kwc-kwe-kwe- 

 kwe-kwe." 



One bird was seen aud heard by us on the 1st and 2nd 

 May on the wooded slope opposite Kuatun. It was, no 

 doubt, breeding in the neighbouring forest. 



I saw a young bird on the way down from Kuatun. I was 

 first attracted by a kind of loud chattering coming from 

 brushwood near the road, and after a few seconds' search 

 saw a young L. sinensis fly on to an Oil-tree {Elaococca?) 

 on the other side of the stream, where it remained perched 

 for some seconds, then again flew down to some bushes below 

 the road, and, after recrossing the stream, perched on another 

 oil-tree. Finally it flew away before I could get near enough 

 to shoot it with my collecting-gun. The parent bird was 

 calling at the time in the woods near bv, but it did not show 

 itself. 



The colours of the soft parts in this species, as taken on 

 a male, a female and young, shot at Kuatun in 1898, are as 

 follows : — 

 (J ad. 11th April, 1898. Iris crimson; bill yellow; legs 



reddish brown. Total length 11*75 inches. 

 ? ad. 11th April, 1898. Iris dark vermilion; bill yellow; 



legs greenish plumbeous ; claws grey. Total length 11*4 



inches. The stomach contained remains of beetles and 



wood larvffi. 

 Juv. nth April, 1898. Iris grey ; bill yellow ; legs— scales 



brown, skin grey. Total length 109 inches. 

 ? juv. 15th May, 1898. Legs brownish grey. Total 



length 11 inches. Rest as in the young bird described 



above. 



137. MiCROPTERNUs FOKiENsis Swinhoc. 



One shot near Wu Yi Shan on the 27th March, 1898, 

 where it seems to be frequent. It is a common species in 

 Ceutral Fohkien. 



138. Gecinulus viridanus Slater. 



This pretty Woodpecker inhabits the forests about Kuatun, 

 but it is either very shy or very rare there, for only a few 



