58 Mr. C. 15. Rickctt o)t the 



for another stoop, one of the men fired. The bird thereupon 

 flew to a tree some little way oif, where it was joined by its 

 mate ; the pair made a great outcry, but did not approach 

 the nest again. The natives say that these Eagles arc very 

 destructive to their fowls and ducks. 



An adult ^ , shot in December, measured in the flesh : — 

 Length 27 inches, wing 18*5, tail 12, tarsus 3*6, culmen 

 (from cere) 1'3. Its crop contained a small snake. 



22. Haliastuk INDUS (Bodd.). 



La Touche obtained a specimen once in August (Ibis, 

 1887, p. 231). I never came across the species till my man 

 shot a female in July 1898, and a male in the following- 

 May. 



It is strange that it should be so rare a straggler here, 

 as Styan states that it comes to breed in small numbers at 

 Kiiikiang (Ibis, 1891, p. 490) . David also notes it as Ijreeding 

 in Kiaug-si. 



23. Anser cygnoides Pall. 



La Touche (Ibis, 1892, p. 491) mentions the probable 

 occurrence of this Goose at Foochow. Last November I 

 received the heads and necks of two shot at Sam-sha Bay 

 (an inlet a few miles to the north of the mouth of the 

 Min). One of these has a broad whitish band round the 

 base of the upper mandible, the other has no trace of sucli 

 a band. 



24. Anser albifrons Scop. 



I have two specimens, shot in October and November. 

 The latter {^) measured in the flesh: — Length 26 inches, 

 Aving IG, tail 6, tarsus 2*4, culmen 1*9. 



AVith the exception of Anser segetwn, Geese are very 

 uncommon about Foochow. 



25. Dendrocygna JAVANicA (Horsf.). 



I recorded a specimen obtained herein 'Ibis,' 1894, p. 225. 

 It was apparently (froin its dull colouring) an immature bird. 

 Last November a fine bright- plumaged male was shot near 

 the mouth of the river. It measured in the flesh : — Length 

 16"5 inches^ Aving 7'5, tail 2'5^ tarsus 1*8, culmen 1-6. 



