64 Messrs. La Touche and Rickett on the 



nest-burrows. Tliese eggs were all much incubated. They 

 were ovate in shape and averaged 1*70 x 1'24 in. 



PsEUDOTANTALUS LEUCOCEPHALUS (Gm.). 



This bird occurs near Foochow in summer, but we have no 

 note as to its nidification. 



Ardea cinerea Linn. 



Ricketfs collector obtained eleven eggs from a "heronry" 

 near the mouth of the Min River. He said that there were 

 fifty or sixty nests on a huge camphor-tree. They were 

 between one and two feet in diameter, made of sticks, and 

 lined with leaves. The eggs were taken on May 16th and 

 averaged 2*25 X 1 "60 in. 



Herodias garzetta Linn. 



Before the extermination of this bird to supply the 

 demands of fashion, it was a common summer-visitor and a 

 few remained during the winter. 



The nests were built in colonies on large trees, and were 

 composed of sticks lined with dry grass. The eggs were of 

 a rather deep greenish blue. Twenty specimens averaged 

 1-79x1-30 in. 



The following notes were made by us at a "heronry" that 

 formerly existed near the bank of the river close to Foochow : — 



The nests were placed on two large trees standing close 

 together : a few had eggs (May 3rd), but most of them were 

 in process of construction. It was a busy scene, with 

 numbers of birds passing to and fro with sticks and tufts of 

 grass in their bills or hurrying off for more material. One 

 of each pair seemed to remain by the nest to guard it from 

 robbery. A constant babel of sounds was maintained by 

 guards and workers, varying from a comparatively low " wah, 

 wall" to a loud harsh u wa-a-k, wa-a-ak, wa-a-ak" when a 

 fight took place. At such times the birds assumed a fierce 

 appearance, and looked very handsome with the dorsal plumes 

 raised in a thick bushy tuft and the crest-feathers standing 

 stiffly out. 



Herodias eulofhotes Swinhoe: Rickett, Ibis, 1903, p. 220. 

 This species, though by no means so plentiful as the last, 



