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Another female, shot on tlie Gth April, 1898, had greenish- 

 yellow legs, faintly tinged with purple. 



These Flycatcher- Warblei's are common in the forests 

 about Kuatun in the spring. We have also specimens shot 

 there in September. They do not appear to frequent the 

 cleared land, nor did I ever notice them among the flocks of 

 small birds that we saw roaming over the country. Tho^y 

 are shy birds, and, although 1 often saw or heard them, I did 

 not shoot one myself. We did not find the nest. 



The specimens of " Cryptolopha affinis" recorded in ^The 

 Ibis,^ 1892, p. 425, as shot near Swatow in February 1889, 

 were, no doubt, of this species. 



99. CiiYProLOPHA BURKii (Burtou). 



This is the least common of the Flycatcher-Warblers at 

 Kuatun. It occurs there from spring to autumn. I never 

 met with it myself, and only a few have been shot on the 

 various trips to North-west Fohkien. While we were at 

 Kuatun about eight specimens were obtained, one of which 

 has some feathers of the vertex partially grey. 



100. Cryptolopha ricketti Slater. 



This new species is abundant at Kuatun in the breeding- 

 season. Its habits appear to difl'er from those of the pre- 

 ceding three species. We noticed it among flocks of Yuhina 

 pallida, Staphidia torqueola, and other small birds in culti- 

 vated or open spots, but there were never more than two or 

 three individuals in any one flock. It perches frequently on 

 solitary trees in clearings or cultivated ground, and I shot 

 specimens in the bamboos about the village. 



There is always some, and generally a good deal of grey 

 mixed with the yellow and green of the central head-stripe, 

 and the flanks are strongly tinged with green. The soft parts 

 are as follows : — Iris dark brown ; upper mandible more or 

 less dark brown, the edges of its base generally yellow ; lower 

 mandible yellow j legs pale lead greenish, washed with purple 

 and greyish flesh. Total length 4'4 inches. 



Our men found a nest with eggs in 1896, but the eggs 

 were broken and the nest was a mere relic when it reached 



