Field-Notes on the Birds of Fohkien. 215 



XIX. — Additional Field-Notes on the Birds of Fohkien. 

 By C. B. Rickett. 



The following notes bring the list of Fohkien Birds up to 

 date, besides furnishing a few items of information on the 

 distribution of some species in the Province and on the 

 habits of others. 



The positions of the places here named will be fouud on 

 reference to my previous papers in ' The Ibis ' for 1899, p. 173, 

 and 1900, p. 52. 



Pycnonotus atricapillus (Vieill.). 



Although this species is a common resident round Amoy, 

 it rarely occurs at Foochow. I have met with it only four 

 or five times, always in the winter months. La Touche 

 records one specimen from Kuatun in October (' Ibis/ 1899 

 p. 414). 



Regulus cristatus (Linn.). 



A specimen in my collection was given to me by Styan. 

 It was obtained by his collector at Kuatun, and is the only 

 example that I have met with in the Province. 



Tribura melanorhyncha (Rickett). 

 The type was obtained at Kuatun on May 4. 

 Another specimen in La Touche's collection is iaoelled 

 " Central Fohkien, March." 



Arundinax aedon (Pall.). 



I shot an example of this species close to Foochow in 

 October, but never obtained another. It is, as Styan writes, 

 " no doubt often overlooked owing to its very close general 

 resemblance to Acrocephalus orientalis." 



My bird was in a patch of thick scrub on a small hill quite 

 away from any water. 



Lanius tigrinus Drap. 



A male in full summer plumage was shot at Foochow on 

 May 10, 1902. The testes were very largely developed. The 

 stomach contained remains of grasshoppers and a beetle. 



La Touche obtained one at Kuatun, also in May. 



