362 Mr. J. D. D. La Touche on the 



which also appears on nests of Suthora ivebbiana, obtained 

 at Kuatun in N.W. Fohkien. The rim of the nest is well 

 finished and rounded, and adorned with white patches of 

 spiders' webs. The lining is of very fine brownish grass or 

 fibre of some kind. 



Depth of egg-cavity 2"; inner diameter about 1"7; outer 

 diameter at rim of nest about 3", and extreme outer diameter 

 about 3"-5. 



18. CiNCLUs MARiLA (Swinh.). 



Hydrobata marila Swinh. Journal N. C. B. Royal Asiatic 

 Society, i. p. 227 (1859). 



Six examples, four adult and two young in first plumage, 

 were collected near Tokohara in January and March. At 

 Chioh Meng, where the river leaves the mountains, many 

 were seen on the stony reaches of the river. 



Compared with the Fohkien Dipper, this bird appears to 

 be very clearly distinct. It is perhaps smaller on an average; 

 the bill is smaller and more slender, "75" against '85" in 

 Fohkien examples, and the general plumage is somewhat paler. 



The two above-mentioned young birds differ from a young 

 C. pallasi from N.W. Fohkien in the following particulars : — 



The upper parts are of a lighter brown ; a few of the 

 scapular-feathers have a part of the subterminal light band 

 white ; the quills are more broadly margined with white ; 

 the lesser wing-coverts are largely tipped with white along 

 the carpal edge ; the larger wing-coverts are also rather 

 distinctly tipped with white; the axillaries and under wing- 

 coverts are brownish-grey, broadly edged with white ; the 

 feathers of the cheeks, chin, and throat have whitish centres 

 producing a speckled appearance ; the breast-feathers have 

 subterminal pale brown or dingy buft' bands, and the rest of 

 the underparts is barred with whitish instead of the deep 

 bufi" of the Fohkien bird. Wing, c? , 4" ; ? , 3"-8 ; bill 

 0"-75. 



19. Rhyacornis fuliginosa (Vig.). 



One seen about a torrent at foot of North Hill. It is 

 common on the river near Tokoham. 



