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



rufous brown; rest of the upper surface browuish, with a 

 dark stripe down the centre of each feather ; side of face, 

 throat, and chest cobalt-blue; rest of the under surface 

 sandy or ochraceous buflF. 



Female. Similar to the male in general tone of plumage, 

 except in the region of the throat, which is whitish or light 

 buff instead of blue. 



Dimensions in inches : — 



Male. Length 5, wing 1-43, tail 2-9, bill 0-3, tarsus 06. 



Female. Length 3*9, wing 1*4, tail 1-95, bill 03, tarsus 0-6. 



Dimensions of S. malaciirus : — 



Male. Length 7-5, wing 1-6, tail 475, bill 0-35, tarsus 0-82. 



Regarding the new species, Mr. Carter writes : — " I have 

 seen thsee birds on only two occasions, and at the same place, 

 namely, a stony ridge covered with dead scrub, matted with 

 creepers, about 100 yards from a maugrove-creek (salt 

 water), where I shot a male and a female on the 14th April, 

 1898. Almost in the same bush I shot another pair on the 

 8th December following. The birds creep about without 

 flying, uttering a shrill trill or chirp, sharper than the note 

 of a Mahirns, and something like that of a cricket.'^ 



XXXIV. — Notes on the Birds of North-ioest Fohkien. 

 By J. D. D. La Touche, C.M.Z.S. 



[Continued from p. 210.] 



51. SiLVIPARUS MODESTUS Burt. 



Examples of this bird were obtained by our collectors at 

 Kuatun in October 1896. We found it in April and May 

 1898, in the forest on the top of Mount David, where it no 

 doubt breeds. 



The testes of two males, shot on 11th April, 1898, were 

 very large. The stomachs of some specimens contained 

 caterpillars, seeds, and what appeared to be vegetable matter 

 of some kind. 



cJ . Iris dark brown ; bill livid plumbeous with dark tip ; 



