400 Mr. J. D. de la Touche on the 



rather grey, and the wing measures 5| inches from the 

 carpal joint. 



190. ACCIPITER PALUMBARrUS. 



Mr. Hoist has sent a fine female Goshawk, shot on Tsu- 

 sima on the 26th of October. 



193. Phalacrocorax carbo. 



Mr. Hoist has sent the skin of a Common Cormorant, 

 which was shot on Tsu-sima on the 6th of November. It 

 has fourteen tail-feathers, and the scapulars and wing-coverts 

 are bronzy brown, margined with black. The Shags have 

 only twelve rectrices. 



246. FULIGULA clangula. 



Mr. Hoist has sent an example of the Golden-eye, shot on 

 Tsu-sima in November. 



361. Crex fusca erythrothorax. 



Mr. Hoist has sent an example of the Siberian race of the 

 Ruddy Crake shot on Tsu-sima. It measures 4^ inches in 

 length of wing from the carpal joint. 



XXXV. — On Birds collected or observed in the Vicinity of 

 Foochow and Swatow in South-eastern China. By John 

 D. DE LA ToucHE. — Part I. (Communicated by H. H. 

 Slater.) 



The province of Fukien is one of the smallest and, I believe, 

 one of the wildest and least populated provinces of China. 

 During the three and a half years which I spent at Foochow, 

 my collecting-grounds were confined to the strip of country 

 extending from the sea-coast to about 130 miles up the 

 River Min. A brief account of the country may be of 

 interest in connection with the list of birds obtained in the 

 district. 



From Ching-feng-ling *, the furthest point reached by 



* I do not know the altitude of the Ching-feng Mountains, but I believe 

 that the country stands at least 3000 feet above the sea-level, as for 

 15 miles before getting there the road goes on graduall}' rising till Ching- 

 feng-ling is reached. 



