6-1 



i i.Mj.i.iin.T-:. 



colour varies considerably in intensity, one clutch from Kuatun 



being pure white. They measure from •(! to -7 in length, and from 

 ■5 to n")2 in breadth. 



5. China. ('.Could. Esq. P.]. 



2. Kuatun, Fohkien, China, 17th May. J. 1). LaTouche, Esq. [P.]. 



4. Kuatun, May ( J. J). La Touche). Crowley Bequest. 



5. Kuatun, May (J. 1). La 7'.). C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 



4. Kuatun, May (,/. D. La T.). C. I',. Rickett, Esq. [P.J. 

 2. Kuatun, 8th May {J. D. La TX C. B. Rickett, Esq. I P.J. 



6. Kuatun, 12th May (J. D. La T.). C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.J. 



5. Kuatun, 14th May (J. D. La T.). ( . 1',. Rickett, Esq. ,P.j. 



1. Kuatun. 14th May (J. L). La /'.). ( '. II. Rickett, Esq. "P.j. 

 .'!. Kuatun, 15th May (J. L). La T.). C. 1!. Rickett, Esq. " 



2. Kuatun, 24th May (J. I). La 71). ('. B. Rickett, Esq. 

 2. Kuatun, 25th Ma? (J. I). La '/'.). ('. B. Rickett, Esq. 

 ;;. Chinkiang, Fohkien, 7th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. 



Suthora bulomachus, Swinh. 



(Plate I. fig. 13.) 



Suthora bulomachus, David fy Oustalet, Ois. Chine, p. 208 (1877): 

 Sharpe, ('at. Birds />. M. vii. p. 490 (1883); La Louche, Ibis, L898, 

 p. 361 ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 70 (1903). 



The eggs of the Eormosan Suthora are ordinarily of a regular 

 oval form, but a few are elliptical or even biconical. They possess 

 a fair amount of gloss, and are of a spotless blue colour. They 

 measure from "65 to "OS in length, and from -40 to 'O-'i in breadth. 



:>,. Formosa, 6th April (P. A. Hoist). Seebohm Coll. 



2. F( rmosa, 9fh April (P. A. ID. Seebohm Coll. 

 4. Formosa, 9th April (7*. A. 11.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Formosa, 10th April (P. A. 77/.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Formosa, llth April (7>. A. 77.). Seebohm Coll. 

 5. Formosa, 12th April (P. A. H.). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Formosa, loth May {!'. A. 77.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Formosa i />'. Swinhoe). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus SCLEORHYNCHUS, Oates. 



Scaeorhynchus gularis t, Gray). 



I Plate I. fig. 15.) 



Suthora gularis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds 11. M. vii. p. 4! "2 (1883); Kehrk. 



Eat. Eiersamml. p. 62 ( 1899;. 

 Scaeorhynchus gularis, Oates, Fauna Brit. Lid., Birds, i. p. 69 (1889) ; 



id. ed. Hume, Nests ty Eggs lad. Birds, i. p. 14 (1889); Sharpe, 



Hand-l. iv. p. 71 (1903). ' 

 Paradozornis gularis, La Touche, Ibis, 1899, p. L88. 



The eggs of the Hoary-headed Suthora do not differ much 



from those of S. mjiceps. They are of a regular oval lorm and 



ess little -ilo-s. They have a creamy-white ground-colour, 



