28 Messrs. La Touclie and Kickett on the 



species breeds there iu holes in trees and lays spotted eggs. 

 Our collectors, however, did not obtain any specimens of 

 them. 



Paradoxornis guttaticollis David. 



No doubt breeds in Central Fohkien, but we have no 

 specimen of its egg. 



Garrulax picticollis Swinhoe. 



This species no doubt nests in Central Fohkien, where it 

 is common in winter. 



We have, however, no specimen of its egg. 



Dryonastes perspicillatus (Gm.) : Ibis, 1887, p. 218. 



We have taken but four nests of this common resident. 

 There are two, or perhaps three, broods in the season, as 

 we have taken eggs as late as July 11th. 



A nest found on May 9th Avas placed in a large thorny 

 bush eight or ten feet from the ground. It was composed of 

 hard wiry tendrils, within which was a layer of dead leaves, 

 and then a layer of straw, that shewed conspicuously all round 

 the edge, giving the nest the curious appearance of having a 

 straw binding. The lining was of pine-needles. Another 

 nest, built in a small tree, was composed of coarse grass, 

 roots, and a few small twigs, lined with fine dry grass. 



The nests are 6 or 7 inches in external diameter, 4 inches 

 in internal diameter. In depth they are 4 inches externally 

 and 2 to 3 inches internally. 



Eight eggs average 1*10 X '85 in. : they are delicate greenish 

 white in colour and, as a rule, very glossy, but the texture 

 is uneven ; in shape they are more or less oval. There 

 are three or four eggs in a clutch. 



Dryonastes sannio (Swinhoe). 



We have never obtained the eggs of this common resident 

 species. Two young birds just able to fly were shot in 

 the Yuen Fu Valley on May 18th. They resembled the 

 adults, but were much duller in colour. 



Trochalopteron canorum (Linn.) : Ibis, 1899, p. 180. 

 Breeds commonly about Foochow. La Touche procured 



