412 Mr. J. D. D. La Touclie on the 



measurements are : length about 7 inches, depth (front to 

 back) 4, width 3. The inner measurements are : height 

 about 4 inches, diameter 3. The egg-cavity is about 2 inches 

 deep. There were four white eggs, quite fresh. The hunter 

 who was with me caught the female on the nest, but, as in 

 doing so he had pulled out several quills of one wing, I 

 released her. 



Another nest with two incubated eggs was taken by our 

 men on the 20tli May, 1896. So far as I could make out, 

 it was placed in the mossy crevice of a rock. This nest, 

 which is perhaps only an inner cup, is a deep narrow cup 

 made of fine grass-stems or fibre, a thick curl of short stiff 

 grey bristles, and fine roots with a few dry leaves and 

 skeleton leaves worked into the nest. There is a little moss 

 about the edge, and the lining is of fine fibre. The inner 

 diameter of this nest is 1^ x 3 inches, the outer diameter 

 2^ X 4| ; the depth of the egg-cavity 2 inches, the outer depth 

 3| inches. 



All the eggs taken with these nests are pure white, very 

 fragile, and glossless. The shape of the four eggs taken 

 on the 24th April, 1898, is nearly oval (or ovate with very 

 round and broad apex). They measure 0*70 x 0*52 (two), 

 0-68 X 54, and 067 x 0*53. 



63. Elachura punctata (Blyth). 

 Anorthura, sp. inc.. Slater, Ibis, 1897, p. 174. 



This pretty Wren is not common at Kuatun. Besides 

 the headless example recorded by the Rev. H. H. Slater, 

 two males were collected near Kuatun on 27th and 28th 

 April, 1897. We did not obtain any on our trip, but one 

 was seen by the hunters ci^eeping about the underwood 

 near the stream a short way beyond the village. 



64. MoTACiLLA LEUcopsis Gould. 



This Wagtail breeds in May on the hills near Foochow 

 (alt. 1000 to 2000 feet), and also at Kuatun (3000 to 4000 

 feet). The nest is placed on the roofs of houses, among 

 the thatch or ^^nder a tile, in holes of walls, and on rafters 

 in open sheds. The nest is a large cup composed of some 



