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17. Syrnium indrani (Sykes) : Blanf. Fauna B. 1., Birds, 

 iii. p. 275. 



1 received a specimen (cJ) from Ah Cli'ung, shot on 24th 

 February. This and Styan's specimen from Cliinteli 

 (Anhwei Province) (Ibis, 1899, p. 289) are, I think, the 

 only recorded instances of its occurrence in China proper. 

 It was obtained by Swinhoe in Formosa. My bird measures 

 in the skin : — Length 20*2 inches, wing 14"8, tarsus 2'5. 



18. Strix CANDIDA Tickcll, Ibis, 189i, p. 222. 



It was not till the end of June 1898 that I was able to 

 get a second specimen of this Owl. It was a female, caught 

 alive in a building a few miles from Foochow. It measured 

 in the flesh : — Length 14 inches, wing 13*4, tail 5*5, tarsus 3"0. 



19. Glaucidium BRODiEi (Burtou). 



I have one from Ching Fung, shot on 1st January. 



20. ScOPS GLABRIPES SwiullOC. 



Dr. Stenhouse (H.M.S, ' Algerine^) has kindly presented 

 La Touche and me each with an egg of this species, whicli 

 he took from a rather curious site, viz. a Magpie's nest ! 

 He shot the bird as it flew out, and on getting up to the 

 nest found three fresh eggs. 



Eurystomus calonyx Sliarpe constantly — in fact, so far as 

 my knowledge goes, invariably — makes use of old Magpies' 

 nests round about Foochow, altliougli there are plenty of 

 trees with lioles suitable for nesting purposes. 



21. Spilgrnis cheela (Latham). 



We obtained two specimens at Yamakan last winter and 

 saw several others, but they Avere too wary to allow of 

 approach. It is apparently the Eagle of the district. 



On 17th April my men took a nestling near Ching Fung. 

 It was just a ball of flufly white down, and the sole occupant 

 of a nest which was described as being no bigger than a 

 Kite's {Milvus melanotis). It was placed in a high tree, and 

 composed of sticks lined with pine-needles. One of the 

 parents made a sw^oop at the boy when lie was near the nest, 

 and very nearly struck him on the head. As it circled round 



