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Muscicapa griseisticta ? (Swatow.) 

 Cettia squamiceps. 

 Calamodus sorf/hophilus. 

 Locustella macropus. 

 Lociistella lanceolata. 

 Calamodyta insularis. 

 Phylloscojnis xanthodryas. 



Limonidromus indicus. (Swatow, Yangtze valley, Corea.) 

 Schoenicola jJcdlasi, 

 Emberiza tristrami. 

 Emberiza rutilans. 



Erinyilla montifrinyilla. (Puch'eng : Baim.) 

 Padda oryzivora. (Swatow, Amoy, Shanghai.) 

 Totanus stagnatilis. 

 Poip/iyrio calestis ? 

 Hypotccnidia striata. 

 Rallina mandanna. 



Gallinula coccineipes. (Swatow, Shanghai.) 

 Anser albifr07is. 

 CEdemia fiisca. 

 Fulix mariloides. 

 Puffinus leucotiielns. 

 Sulajlbei: 

 (See Swiuhoe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 343 et seqq., and David &: Oustalet, 

 ' Oiseaux de la Chine.') 



We thus find for Central Fukien a total of 365 species, 

 showing this small corner of China to possess one of the 

 richest avifaunas of the eighteen provinces. Were the birds 

 of Nortli-east Kwangtung properly studied, it is probable 

 that not only would they exceed in number those of Central 

 Fukien, but that many new species would be discovered. 

 Though foreigners have been established for many years at 

 Swatow, the interior has never, to my knowledge, been 

 visited by naturalists ; and the collections made by my 

 shooting-boy show the country to be of great interest. 



I have to thank Messrs. Henry H. Slater and F. W. Styan 

 for their valuable help in compiling my notes and identifying 

 most of the species of birds collected ; likewise Messrs. Baun, 

 C. W. Campbell, and the Rev. Father Li of Foochow, for the 

 gift or loan of many specimens. The Foochow native wild- 

 fowlers proved invaluable in procuring information and in 



