46 Mr. J. D. D. La Tonche on the 



148. COCCYSTES COROMANDUS (L.). 



This handsome Cuckoo apparently summers in the moun- 

 tains of North-west Fohkien. It is not uncommon in the 

 forests near Kuatun, whence we have obtained three speci- 

 mens. One in my collection was shot on the 24th May. It 

 is said to be a late arrival. 



149. Megal.ema viRENS (Bodd.). 



Very common in the forests about Kuatun. The natives 

 say that it is a very late breeder. 



150. Scops GLABRiPES Swiuhoc. 



A fine specimen, collected in 1897, was sold to me at 

 Kuatun in 1898. This is a resident species at Foochow. 



151. Scops stictonotus Sharpe. 



We have four birds in red plumage from Kuatun — three 

 brought back in autumn 1896, and obtained there during 

 the summer and in October, and one shot on the 15th 

 April, 1897. A fifth example, shot on the 12th May, 1898, 

 is much less ruddy, having a good deal of grey on the upper 

 parts and breast ; the lower half of the facial disk is besides 

 entirely grey. Wing 5*65 inches. 



152. Glaucidium avhitelyi (Blyth). 



I have an example of this Owl from the Kuatun Moun- 

 tains, shot there on the 29th September, 1896. I did not 

 notice any during our stay. 



153. (jLaucidium brodiei (Burton). 



A not uncommon bird in the vicinity of Kuatun. Its call, 

 a loud " clock-clock," was often heard by day in the valley 

 below Kuatun, and I referred to this little Owl a call which 

 we heard unceasingl}' at night, and which apparently came 

 from the woods near the village. Our Foochow men, how- 

 ever, said the latter was not the call of this bird, but that 

 of Scops stictonotus. The sound, a very loud " tiok-clock- 

 clock,^' reminded us of the Chinese watchman's rattle. It 

 went on all night till near dawn. 



A specimen brought to me on the 30th March, 1898, 



