on the Birds of Fohkien. .-17 



the bird, which he shot more because they had not obtained 

 much that day than with any idea that it was worth shooting. 

 I believe that I saw a specimen near the same place. It was 

 seated on a large branch near the top of a high tree, where 

 it remained quite still for a long time. At last it flew to an 

 adjacent tree, and I saw at once that it was not any of our 

 common Woodpeckers. I called one of the men and pointed 

 the bird out to him. We sat down and watched it for a long- 

 time, during which it remained in the same position, merely 

 moving its head now and then. At last my man risked a 

 long shot without success, and we saw no more of it. 



Chrysophlegma ricketti Styan. 



Styan himself shot the type at Yamakan on December 10, 

 1897. No other specimen was obtained (though my men 

 kept a sharp look out for it) till December 1899, when, 

 curiously enough, Styan's collector shot one at Ah Ch'ung. 

 A third specimen has since been obtained at Ching Fung in 

 October. In the stomach of the second we found insects and 

 fragments of berries. 



Pitta nymph a T. & S. 



I have a fine male shot near Foochow on April 21, 1901. 

 Two friends, to whom I shewed this specimen, assured me 

 that they had seen a similar bird on two occasions this spring- 

 when staying at Sharp Peak, at the mouth of the river. 



Cypselus subfurcatus Blyth. 



This is a species that occurs commonly at Amoy, but never, 

 so far as I know, strays up to Foochow. 



Swinhoe writes : — " I may here remark that I have never 

 been able to trace it further north on the Chinese coast than 

 Amoy" ('Ibis,' 1863). 



Cacomantis merulinus (Scop.). 



This common summer visitor about Amoy I have only met 

 with once near Foochow. 



The bird frequented some gardens near my house in April, 

 where for some days its wearisome note, uttered through the 

 whole day and far into the night, rendered it a positive 



