Birds of FohJcien. 53 



Tlie soft parts of sevcralj as noted by Styan, were as 

 follows: — Irides crimson; legs purplish brown; bill white, 

 lilac at the base. 



Thirteen specimens averaged in the flesh : — Length 3'47 

 inches, wing 1-96, tail 1'5, tarsus 0-65, culmen 0-35. 



3. Paradoxornis gularis Gray. 



I saw a good many large flocks of this species about Ching 

 Fung and Yamakan last year. They were everyivhere, from 

 the tops of tlie highest trees down to the thick scrub, and 

 occasionally on the ground. Their way of picking off a 

 bud, carrying it to a convenient twig, and holding it under 

 their feet while picking it to pieces, is very Tit-like. 

 Some that I examined had fed on vegetable matter and 

 insects. One had an immense number of small white grubs 

 in its stomach, and another fragments of chestnuts. 



Styan noted the soft parts of some that we shot in the 

 previous year as follows : — Bill orange ; irides brown ; legs 

 bluish green. 



4. Erithacus akahige (Temm.) : Rick. & La Touche, 

 Ibis, 1897, p. 608. 



Since my last notes were written I have obtained six 

 specimens — three from Kuatun in November, and the other 

 three from about Yamakan in December and January. One 

 or two others were seen, but in dense underwood and at too 

 close quarters to be shot at. My collector says this species is 

 much less shy and wary than E. sibUans. 



5. Cettia sinensis La Touche, Ibis, 1898, pp. 328, 329. 

 I have now nearly 50 specimens of this species from 



various parts of this province, chiefly Kuatun and around 

 Ching Fung. 



When undisturbed it is a very tame little bird, hopping 

 quietly from twig to twig within a few feet of one, and 

 uttering a low ''tack, tack,'^ as it diligently searches for its 

 minute insect prey. On the least suspicion of danger it 

 disappears into the shelter of the thick cover it loves to 

 frequent. I have made the following (average) flesh-measure- 

 ments :— Four ^ ; length 5-1 inches, wing 2*1, Ir.il 2-1, 



