408 Mr. J. D. de ia Touche un the 



witli the exception of Motacilla flava. At Foochow M. leu- 

 copsis appears to be a resident, retiring in summer to the 

 hills. M. lugens is a migrant, though possibly a very few 

 may winter in the district. 



Flycatchers. — In the Flycatchers a marked difference will 

 be noticed. Two species which are common at Foochow 

 apparently avoid Swatow, viz. Perlcrocotus cantonensis and 

 Hemichelidon sibirica. Pericrocotufi clnereus, Muscicapa 

 griseisticta, and Terpsiphone princeps, which pass Swatow 

 in April, avoid Foochow. Hemichelidon ferruginea, very 

 rare at Foochow, is common at Swatow. Siphia strophiata 

 and Ci-yptolopha affinis, which come to the Swatow hills 

 in the spring and probably breed there, are unknown at 

 Foochow. 



Swalloios. — At Swatow both Hirundo gutturalis and H. 

 nipalensis are residents, the former being of course far more 

 abundant in summer than in winter. At Foochow the 

 Swallows are migratory or else summer visitants. On one 

 or two occasions only in winter I noticed there a stray 

 House-Swallow. 



Larks. — The common Sky-Lark [Alauda ai'vensis), abun- 

 dant at Foochow in winter, does not appear to reach Swatow, 

 being rei)laced there by A. coelivox. 



Cuckoos. — Eudynamis maculata and Cacomantis tenuirostris 

 make N.E. Kwangtung their northern limit in Eastern China. 

 Centrojjus bengalensis, rare at Foochow, is common on the 

 Swatow hills. Cuculus sparverioides , obtained on the 

 Taiyaug hills, west of Swatow, was never noticed by me at 

 Foochow. 



Accipitres. — Foochow has two Eagles, Aquila heliaca and 

 A. fasciata. We did not note either of these at Swatow, 

 where A. nceina, not noticed at Foochow, was the only Eagle 

 obtained. The Sea-Eagles, Hallactus leucogaster and H. al- 

 bicilla, are probably common to both ports. 



Pelicans. — It seems strange that, on the Yangtze, winter is 

 the time of appearance of the Pelicans ; at Foochow, the 

 summer ; while at Swatow they are also common in summer 

 and only occasionally seen in winter. They j)robably go 

 inland for the cold and rough season. 



