30 Messrs. La louche and Rickett on the 



On April 24th our collectors took a nest in Central Fohkien. 

 It was a domed or semi-domed structure, very loosely put 

 together and composed of dead leaves, lined at the bottom 

 with dry grass. It measured in diameter externally 4 inches, 

 internally 2 inches ; it was 5£ inches in external depth and 

 3 inches in depth of egg-cavity. 



The eggs, four in number, measure # 79 X '62, "81 x *62, 

 81 x *62, and '84 X '62 in. The ground-colour is greenish 

 white, clouded and blotched with pale brown, over which 

 are dark specks and short lines of deep vandyke-brown, 

 almost black. The underlying markings (which in one egg 

 form a small cap on the larger end) are blue-grey. In 

 shape the eggs are ovate, with a rather broad apex. In style 

 of markings they call to mind those of Alcippe hueti (' Ibis/ 

 1899, p. 185). 



Stachyridopsis rlficeps (Blyth) : Ibis, 1899, p. 186. 



A common resident on the wooded hills and mountains 

 of the Province. Two nests taken in Central Fohkien 

 on April 26th and 30th, and containing two and four eggs 

 respectively, do not differ in any respect from those already 

 described. 



In ' The Ibis ' for 1899, p. 186, La Touche drew attention 

 to the difference between the Formosan and Fohkien birds. 

 He noticed also a marked difference between these two races 

 and the Indian bird, but as the Paris Museum at that time 

 possessed only one Indian skin, he took no note of what 

 those points of difference were. 



Since then, Ogilvie-Grant (P. Z. S. 1900, p. 476) has 

 recorded his observations on the subject, but apparently 

 does not think the races worthy of separation. 



Myiophoneus CvERULEus (Scop.) : Ibis, 1899, p. 178. 



Four nests from Central Fohkien, taken early in May, 

 were composed of twigs, moss, roots, and dead leaves, lined 

 with roots and dead leaves. These birds probably breed 

 twice in the season, as a nearly finished nest was found on 

 June 27th. The eggs have already been described. Thirteen 

 average 134X-97 in. 



