the Birds of the Province of Fohkien. 333 



16. Cryptolopha intermedia La Touche, Bull. B. O. C. 

 vii. p. xxxvii (1898) ; Ibis, 1898, p. 298. 



Most nearly allied to C. tephrocephala (Anders.) and 

 C. affinis (Hodgs.). From the former it differs in having 

 a much shorter bill and the outer secondary coverts distinctly 

 tipped with pale yellow, forming a well-marked speculum on 

 the wiug. It differs from C. affinis in having a yellow ring 

 of feathers round the eye, but resembles that species in the 

 shorter bill, the more brilliant yellow of the underparts, and 

 in the greater amount of white on the inner webs of the two 

 outer pairs of tail-feathers. Wing 2'2-2-8 inches. 



Specimens were obtained at Kuatun in the months of May 

 and September. 



17. Dendrocopus insularis (Gould) ; Hargitt, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. xviii. p. 272. 



[I have received a pair of this Woodpecker obtained in the 

 months of April and October at Kuatun. This is the first 

 time this Formosan species has been recorded from China. — 

 W. R. O. G.] 



18. Lepocestes sinensis Rickett, Bull. B. O. C. vi. p. 1 

 (1897) ; Ibis, 1897, p. 452. 



Young female. Crown very dark brown, with four broad 

 buff stripes starting from the forehead, which they occupy 

 entirely ; rest of upper parts of same dark brown, barred 

 with rufous ; wings and tail as in adult ; chin and throat 

 much darker than in adult female ; ear-coverts and sides of 

 the neck of a more reddish tint than in adult female. Under- 

 parts very dark brown, almost black ; breast-feathers with 

 pale shafts and slightly barred with rufous ; anal region and 

 under tail-coverts barred with rufous. Bill yellow in dry 

 skin. Culmen l"-4, wing 4"-8 (in quill), tail 3" (in quill), 

 tarsus 1". 



Two males, and the nestling described above, obtained 

 during spring 1897 at Kuatun. 



19. Ceriornis caboti Gould, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 161. 

 Several adult males, young males, and females were col- 

 lected at Kuatun during the winter, 1896-97. 



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