54 INIi". C, B. llic'kett on the 



tarsus 0-9. Three ? : length 4G inches, wing lOS, tail 

 1-8, tarsus 08. 



6. LUSCINIOLA FUSCATA (Blyth). 



It is this species, and not LuscinioJa schivarzi, that winters 

 at Foochow {vide Ibis, 1896, p. 493). The last-named 

 is apparently a very rare bird in this province, while 

 L.fuscata is common. It frequents hedges and bushes near 

 water, and has a quiet Cettia-like way of slipping through 

 the cover, uttering a low ''chack, chack,'' at intervals. It 

 often descends to the ground to pick up food. One shot 

 last winter was hopping about on the mud at the edge of a 

 small creek. Its stomach contained ants, minute coleoptera, 

 some small larvae, and two or three tiny univalve shells. 



7. NiLTAVA SUNDARA HodgSOU. 



]\Iy collector shot a female of this species on 3rd November, 

 1898, at Kuatun. 



8. POLIOMYIAS LUTEOLA (Pall.). 



What La Touche says of the rarity of this species near 

 Foochow (Ibis, 1899, p. 422) is so true that I may note that 

 I shot a male in immature plumage in November last. It 

 measured in the flesh : — Length 5 inches, wing 2'9, tail 2(), 

 tarsus 0"G, cuimen 0'3. 



9. ]\1elanochloka sultanea (Hodgs.). 



We obtained a dozen specimens at and around Yamakan 

 in December and January. The natives say this species 

 breeds there in holes of trees. 



The stomachs of those 1 examined contained vegetable 

 matter (? berries), seeds, and insects. I once heard the 

 bird's loud and somewhat peculiar note at Yamakan. The 

 following are average flesh-measurements : — Two ^ : length 

 8-1 inches, wing 4*3, tail 3-9, tarsus 9. Three ? : length 

 7' 75 inches, wing 3*95, tail 3'6, taisus 9. 



10. Chloropsis lazulina Swinhoe. 



Sty an and I met with this species near Chiug Fung in 

 December 1897. In the same month the year following 

 and February this year my collectors shot seven specimens at 



