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171. Bambusicola thoracica (Temm.). 



Abundant about Kuatun. The birds uere met in pairs 

 during our stay. 



172. Amaurornis akool (Sykes). 



This bird occurs on the banks of streams in North-west 

 Fohkien. 



Addenda and Corrigenda to Part I. 



26. SuTHORA verreauxi Sharpe. 



' Ibis,' 1899, p. 192. For " the stomach contaiued .... reeds," read 

 '• the stomach contained .... seeds." 



4-5. ACROCEPHALUS AGRICOLA Jeidou. 



Op. cit. p. 206. Examples in the Paris Museum of Calamoherpe 

 concinens Swinhoe have been re-labelled Acrucephcdm aijricola Jerdon. 

 C eoncmens was founded by Swinhoe on some examples of A. agricola 

 collected by Pere David near Peking (Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 432). 

 According to Pere David, tliis species " breeds in numbers in all the damp 

 spots of the Great Chin^-se Plain " (Ois. de la Chine, p. 2-52). Mr. Styan 

 found it very plentiful at Kiukiang, where it breeds (Ibis, 1889, p. 444). 



40. Tribura russula (Slater). 



Op. cit. p. 206. On comparing Homochlumys brevipennis Verreaux with 

 this bird, I wrote that the shafts of the tail-feathers of H. breripetiiiis 

 were light-coloured. A careful re-examination of the type of H. hrevi- 

 pennis showed that T. russula is a very close ally of this species. The 

 type of H. hrevipennis differs only as follows from my series of T. rus- 

 sula: — The cheeks and underparts are lighter, the stems of the I'ectrices 

 are darker, and the bill is stouter and paler. 



67. SiTTA SINENSIS J. Verrcaux. 



Op. cit. p. 404. For '•' and the male type of S. sinensis Verreaux, fronj 

 Moupin," read " and i\iQ female type of S. sinensis, from Moupin." 



60. Ptererythrus iERiLAXus Tickell. 



0/9. cit. p. 409. For " the inner diameter at the rim is regular," read 

 " the inner diameter at the rim is irre//ular.'' 



100. Cryptolopha ricketti Slater. 



Op. cit. p. 42.5. For "legs pale lead gi-eenish, washed with purple and 

 greyish flesh," read " legs pale lead, greenish washed with purple and 

 greyish flesh." 



101. Cryptolopha sinensis Pickett. 



Op cit. p. 426. For " The nest is placed .... on the unearthed roots," 

 read " The nest is placed , ... or the unearthed roots." 



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