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Yamakan and All Cheung. Two that I examined had fed on 

 berries and flies. Tlie latter (judging from our notes of the 

 previous year) appear to be their favourite food. The 

 following are average flesh-measurements of five specimens 

 (three males and two females) : — Length I'Q inches, wing 

 3'8j tail 3'2, tarsus O'lb, culmen 0*7. 



The soft parts were : — Irides and bill black ; tarsus bluish 

 grey. 



11. Oriolus iNDicus Jerdon. 



A few stragglers appear to stay through the winter in South 

 China. LaTouche records one at Swatow in January (Ibis, 

 1892, p. 422), and I saw a fine male near Foochow on 

 26th December. 



12. ^THOPYGA LATOucHii Slater, Ibis, 1891, p. 43, pi. i. 

 This species was recorded as occurring at Ching Fung in 



'Ibis,' 1897, p. 603. Since then I have received a good 

 many specimens from that neighbourhood, and also from a 

 place on the river only about 50 miles from Foochow. 



I had a gocd view of a beautifid male last winter. He 

 was perched on the branch of a small tree within 6 or 8 feet 

 of my face, and looked a pretty sight with the sun shining 

 full on him as he sat eyeing me suspiciously and uttering a 

 constant faint chirp. On my making a slight movement he 

 darted across the narrow path into the forest with a single 

 sharp note of alarm. 



A pair measured in the flesh: — ^. Length 4*3 inches, 

 wing 2, tail 1-9, tarsus 0'5. ? . Length 38 inches, wing 

 1-85, tail 1-0, tarsus 0-4. 



13. Lepocestks sinensis Rickett, Bull. B. O. C. vi. p. 1; 

 Ibis, 1897, p. 603. 



Although only two specimens were actually obtained in 

 December 1898 in the neighbourhood of Ching Fung, this 

 might almost have been called the common Woodpecker of 

 the district. Its constantly uttered " tirric, tirric, tirric," 

 mingled Avith the tapping of its bill and the loud flutter of 

 its wings, was often to be heard in the low scrub and bamboos 

 on the hillsides, as v,e\\ as (though less frequently) in the 



