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broad edging of olive-grey, and in very young birds the 

 flanks are nearly altogether brownish grey. 



31. MicRocicHLA scouLERi (Vigors). 



We have three nesU from Kuatun : one taken by our 

 men in 1897, containing one egg, and two obtained last 

 spring, each with four eggs. One of the latter was taken by 

 a native hunter on the 17th April, from a rock in a torrent, 

 and brought to me with both the parent birds. It is a 

 strongly and compactly built moss-nest, lined with skeleton- 

 leaves. The inner diameter is a little under 2^ inches; the 

 depth of the cup 1^ inch. The outer depth in front is 

 3^ inches, and the outer diameter 4^ inches. The four eggs 

 were much incubated. The shape is ovate, one egg being 

 much broader than the others. The ground-colour is white, 

 with a few spots of light reddish, chiefly at the larger end, 

 and forming a light cap on two of the eggs. One of the 

 latter has well-marked and fairly large pale lilac-reddish 

 underlying spots on the large end. The three others have 

 these smaller and fewer in number. These eggs measure 

 77x0-59, 0-77 X 0-59, 0-77 x 0-57, and 0-75 x 0o9 inch. 

 The other nest was obtained for me in March, before our 

 arrival at Kuatun ; the eggs have darker spots than those 

 just described. 



32. Bhachvpteryx sinensis Rickett. 



Eight males average : culmen 0'60 inch, wing 2*61, 

 tail 2'61, tarsus 1"10. Total length of seven males, measured 

 in the flesh, 5*40 to 5*70 (average 5'60) inches. 



Eight females average : culmen 0*58 inch, wing 2'51, 

 tail 1*94, tarsus 1*10. Total length of five females, measured 

 in the flesh, 5'40 to 5*60 (average 5'50) inches. 



Iris dark brown, bill blackish, legs greyish purple, feet 

 darker. 



Two males, dated 19.10.96, have light spots at tip of 

 greater wing-coverts, and one of them has dull brown quills. 



A young female, obtained in October 1896, has light spots 

 at tip of greater wing-coverts ; and a younger one, dated 

 19,10.96, has, besides these light spots, a few pale- centred 



