48 Mr. J. D. D. La Touche on the 



157. Falco tinnunculus saturatus Blytli. 



I have a female of this Kestrel shot at Foochow on the 

 7th November, 1896. Our collectors shot a male, now in 

 llickett's collection, in the gorges of Wu Yi Shan. 



AVe saw in this locality Kestrels which were evidently 

 breeding in holes in the face of a cliff, and I have no doubt 

 that these birds were of the same race as the one shot by our 

 men. Unfortunately the birds were circling about the head 

 of the cliff quite out of range, and their nesting-place was 

 also out of reach. 



A series of Kestrels collected by me at Foocliow and 

 Amoy shows great variety in point of size and depth of 

 colouring. Kestrels do not remain at Foochow to breed. 



158. MiCROHIERAX MELANOLEUCUS Blyth. 



One shot in a wood in the Kien-yang district on the 22nd 

 March, 1898, during our journey up river. 



The stomach contained butterflies and what seemed to be 

 bees. This specimen has the white spot apparent only when 

 the feathers are raised. 



159. BuTORiDES jAVANicus (Horsf.). 



Our collectors told us that they found this species breeding 

 at Shao-wu-fu. 



160. yEx GALERICULATA (L.) . 



Common on the river in the Kien-ning-fu district. 



161. Clangula glaucion (L.). 



A few obtained in winter near Shao-wu-fu. 



162. Mergus merganser L. 

 Common on the rivers of N.W. Fohkien. 



163. TURTUR RUPICOLA (Pall.). 

 Fairly common about Kuatun. 



164. Macropvoia tusalia (Hodgs.). 



This handsome Cuckoo-Dove passes the summer at Kuatun, 

 where, however, it seems to be rare and not often obtained. 

 The three examples that we have were shot on Mount David 

 in Mav 1 897 and on tlie 2.3rd April, 1898. The soft parts Sec. 



