46 Messrs. La Touche and Rickett on the 



Our collectors found a colony breeding in a sand-bank up 

 the Yuen Fu River in February. The five or six nests which 

 were dug out were loose shallow saucers of dry grass, barnboo- 

 leaves, and feathers. They were about 5 inches in diameter 

 and an inch in depth. 



The thirteen eggs averaged - 70 X '50 in. 



HlRUNDO GUTTURALIS Scop. 



Arrives about March and leaves again about the end of 

 August ; but single birds, small parties, and even considerable 

 flocks may be seen passing over during any month in the 

 winter. 



This species breeds on the plains, but invariably selects 

 native houses and temples to nest in, and as the natives 

 consider that the birds' presence brings luck, and will on no 

 account suffer them to be interfered with, we have never 

 been able to obtain the eggs. 



Young birds are to be seen in the second or third week of 

 May. 



Motacilla leucopsis Gould : Ibis, 1899, p. 412. 



A common resident, breeding on the hills and mountains 

 and frequenting the plains in winter. We have nothing to 

 add to what La Touche has already written about it. 



Eighteen eggs average '76 x -59 in. : the largest 'Si x *61, 

 the smallest *74x *59. 



Anthus richardi Vieill. 



The small race (A. infuscatus Blyth, cf. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 vol. x. p. 567 ; Ibis, 1896, p. 494) arrives in April and 

 leaves in October, and breeds on the low hills round Foochow. 

 The larger race arrives in October and leaves in April, so that 

 individuals of the two races may be seen together. 



On October 8th Rickett obtained two of each race, which 

 measured in the flesh as follows : — 



$ . Length 6*80; wing 3'40; tarsus 1*20 inches. 

 <J. n 6-90; „ 3-50; „ 1'20 „ 

 <J. „ 7-60; „ 3'70; „ 1-20 „ 

 <?. „ 7-55; „ 3-70; „ 1-20 „ 



