1917-] Birds of the Province of Fohkien. 559 



flanks like the hack, hut much paler and very finely 

 streaked. From the breast to the under tail-coverts 

 yellowish white, here and there more yellow. Under tail- 

 coverts rather pale yellow. Wing 3'4 inches, tail 2'08. 

 culmeu 0"5, tarsus 0"9. 



Emberiza spodocephala Pall. 



D. & O. p. 324 ; LaTouche, Ibis, 1892, p. 427. 



An immature male, dated 1913, has the upper tail- 

 coverts mostly white ; the bases of the' feathers of the 

 head, neck, lower back, rump, and underparts are pure 

 silvery white ; the fringes of the tertiaries are mostly 

 white. 



Emberiza rustica Pall. 

 D. & O. p. 324. 



Four males and a female, dated 28 and 29 October, 1913, 

 20 November, 1913, and 5 January, 1914. 



Hirundo erythrogastra Bodd. 



A male from Foochow, dated March 1913. 



Chelidon dasypus Bp. 



A male dated February 1913, and a male and a female 

 labelled Central Fohkien, April 1914. 



Motacilla leucopsis Gould. 



Motacilla alboides D. & 0. p. 298 ; La Touche, Ibis, 

 1892, p. 419. 



An albino, labelled: — "Foochow, 14 November, 1913. 

 Female." Head and body pure white, except two or three 

 pale brown feathers on crown. Wing-quills (except ter- 

 tiaries, which are white) and primary-coverts pale brown. 

 Tail white, except three rectrices which are blackish. 



Another example, not sexed, dated 16 December, 1913 

 has the upper-parts mixed white and grey. 



Merops sumatranus Raffles. 



Merops bicolor D. & 0. p. 73. 



One male and three females from central Fohkien, dated 



