the Birds of the Province of Fohkien. 331 



show black ear-coverts, and the terminal spots on the outer- 

 most secondaries are variable in size. 



9. Elachura punctata (Blyth) ; Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., 

 Birds, i. p. 339 (1889). 



Anorthvra formosa (Waldcn) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 vi. p. 279 (1881). 



[This beautiful Spotted Wren, which had hitherto only- 

 been met with in Sikhim, has now been procured at Kuatun, 

 where a fine male example was collected on the 27th April. 

 It is in every respect identical with typical specimens from 

 Darjeeling.— W. R. O. G.] 



10. Staphidia torqueola (Swinlioe) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. vii. p. 615 (1883). 



Yuung partly in down. — Above similar to adult. Below 

 light buff, with dark grey edgings to the breast-feathers ; 

 thighs brownish grey ; under tail-coverts white. 



Three nestlings taken in May at Kuatun, N.W. 

 Fohkien. 



11. YuHiNA PALLIDA La Touchc, Ibis, 1897, p. 452. 

 Young. — On the upper parts similar to the adult ; wings 



dark brown; quills edged with olive-brown; upper wing- 

 coverts and outermost secondaries washed with the same. 

 The lower parts show no grey and are pale buff, this colour 

 being somewhat deeper on the lower flanks. Under tail- 

 coverts buff. 



Three nestlings taken in May 1896 at Kuatun, N.W. 

 Fohkien. 



12. loLE HOLTi (Swinhoe) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vi. 

 p. 61 (1881). 



A young male differs from the adult in the following 

 particulars : — It is slightly browner on the back; tlie crown 

 is of a paler and duller brown, the pale stripes barely indi- 

 cated; below it is identical with an adult male from Kuatun, 

 save that the throat-feathers are not fully developed and are 

 of a paler grey, with the white much less. accentuated. 



Obtained at Kuatun during the autumn, 1896. 



