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diameter is about 2 inches, the outer diameter 3 ; the inner 

 depth is about 1^ inch, and the outer depth If. 



There were three eggs, very round or broad ovate in shape, 

 one being nearly oval. They are of a pale greenish stone- 

 colour, and have a broad ring of dark and light brown specks 

 and round spots over larger and more irregularly-shaped 

 underlying markings of dull brownish grey and bine or 

 purplish grey of several shades. Other spots are sparsely 

 distributed over the rest of the egg. In one of the eggs the 

 ring is round the large end ; in another it is round the small 

 end, and the spots are smaller and fewer. The third egg I 

 have no longer by me, but it resembles, so far as I can 

 remember, the former of the two just described. These eggs 

 measure 0-74 X 0-60 and 073 xO-60 inch. 



81. Pericrocotus speciosus Lath. 



This appears to be the most uncommon of our Fohkien 

 Minivets. Pere David obtained or saw it at Kuatun, but as 

 yet we have it only from the hills of Central Fohkien, where 

 it would seem to be a resident species. 



82. Pericrocotus cine reus Lafresn. 



This Minivet passes through Fohkien on migration, but it 

 is not common. We have specimens taken at Foochow in 

 April, September, and October, and others from Kuatun 

 dated 11th and 17th April, 1897. 



83. Pericrocotus canton ensis Swinhoe. 



Our collectors shot specimens at Kuatun in September 

 and October 1896. One of these, a male, dated 13th Oc- 

 tober, 1896, has the longest upper tail-coverts broadly 

 edged with light yellowish green. The underparts are whiter 

 than in Foochow specimens ; the rest of the colouring 

 resembles that of an autumn bird from Foochow in my 

 collection. 



84. Lanius lucionensis Linn. 



A pair was shot at Kuatun in May 1897, and we obtained 

 an adult male on the 6th May, 1898. We also brought 

 back two immature examples collected by the natives in 

 1897, probably during the autumn migration. 



