188 Mr. J. D. D. La Toiiche on the 



We did not obtain nests there, but on Pel in g, near Foocliow, 

 I found three during May 1897 ; all placed in tufts of 

 grass^ on hills covered with grass and low brush-wood. 

 Of these nests one was empty, though new ; another 

 contained young, and the third was unfinished ; they are 

 of the same shape as those of Prinia sunitans. They are 

 made of long grass-blades, coarse and fine, and grass-down, 

 cobwebs being used in the construction. The total length 

 of one nest is 5| inches, width 3| inches, depth from front 

 to back 2| inches. 



21. CisTicoLA ExiLis (Vig. & Horsf.). 



A young male of this species was shot in N.W. Fohkien 

 on the 22nd March, during the boat journey to Kuatun. 

 It was found on some stony ground overgrown with sword- 

 grass, near the river. This bird is very dark, differing in 

 this from two examples of C. exilis shot in North Formosa. 

 Total length 5 inches, wing 1*85, tail 2'30. Iris hazel; 

 bill — upper mandible pinkish brown, lower mandible pink; 

 legs pale flesh. Mr. Rickett obtained an example of this 

 species some years ago near Foochow. As yet we have no 

 others from Fohkien. 



22. Parauoxornis guttaticollis David. 



We have not obtained this bird at Kuatun, but it is 

 common in the mountains of Central Fohkien. 



2'5. Paradoxornis gularis Gray. 



We have two nests with eggs of this bird. The first was 

 taken by our men at Kuatun on the 12th May, 1897. 

 One of the eggs of this nest is pale greenish with a few 

 clouds, chiefly at the large end, of very pale raw sienna, a 

 few comma-like hair-lines and spots of brown, and a few 

 well-defined lilac-grey spots. The texture is smooth and 

 the surface slightly glossy. Its shape is a broad ovate 

 with a much rounded and blunt apex. It measures 0'81x 

 065 inch. 



The second nest was found by one of our Kuatun hunters 

 in the forest (alt. about 3500 feet) on the 1st April, 1898. 

 It was placed on a bamboo at a height of about 14 feet from 



