53 Mr. C. B. Rickett on the 



III, — Additional Notes on the Birds of Fohkien. 

 By C. B. Rickett^. 



The places mentioned in these notes are situated as follows : — 

 San Tu Kao and Kieh Ning Fu. — Situated on the Min 

 river^ in a N.W. direction from Foochow, from which they 

 are distant respectively about 90 and 180 miles. 



Ching Fung Ling. — On the hills 10') miles north-west of 

 Foochow. See 'Ibis/ 1897, p. 600. 



Yamakan and Ah CKimg. — Respectively about 7 and 14 

 miles from Ching Fung Ling. Yamakan (Wild Cat Valley) 

 stands at about the same elevation as Ching Fung Ling. 

 Ah Ch'uug I have not as yet visited. I gave the name on a 

 previous occasion (see Bull. B. O. C. viii. p. xlvii; Ibis, 1899, 

 p. 444) as Hachong, but have since been told that Ah Ch'ung 

 is the more con-ect rendering. 



1. Meuula naumanni (Temm.). 



I saw three Thrushes at Ching Fung in December which 

 I believe were of this species, but they were too wary to 

 allow of approach. 



It is a curious fact that this bird, which used to be so 

 common about Foochow on passage some years ago (t'irfe 

 'Ibis/ 1887, p. 216), no longer passes through this district. 

 I have never seen a single specimen in the eight years I have 

 collected round about here. 



2. SuTHouA DAviDiANA Slater, Ibis, 1897, p. 172, 

 pi. iv. fig. 1. 



In December 1897 Styan and I came across a flock just 

 outside San Tu Kao. We subsequently found them not 

 uncommon about Ching Fung. In winter they are always 

 in flocks, some of which consist of a considerable number of 

 iudividuals. They are very active little birds, travelling 

 through the underwood at a great pace, at times ascending 

 to the tree-tops, and uttering a constant faint '' chu, see, 

 see, see.^' The stomachs of some that I examined contained 

 vegetable matter and small larvae. 



* Sec the last communication by Messis. Ilickett and La Toucliu, 

 Ibis, 1898, p. 328. 



