Birds of Foochow and Swat ow. 413 



~f 8. Merula fuscata (Pall). [240.] 



Foochow. Styan, Ibis, 1887, p. 217. 



It is a winter visitant, as one was shot in the Peling 

 country in January. 



Neither this nor the preceding species was observed by me 

 at Swatow. 



-f9. Geocichla varia (Pall.). [244.] 

 Foochow. Styan, Ibis, 1887, p. 217. 

 Fairly common in winter in the Peling country. 

 One shot on the Swatow plain in March. 



_|J0. Myiophoneus CiERULEUs (Scop.). [267.] 

 Foochow. Styan, Ibis, 1887, p. 217. 

 Swatow hill-country. 



11. MoNTicoLA soLiTARiA (Briss,). [249.] 

 Foochow. Styan, Ibis, 1887, p. 217. 



Very common and resident at Foochow and Swatow. 



12. MONTICOLA CYANUS (L.). [251.] 



Foochow. Styan, Ibis, 1887, p. 217. 

 Common and resident at Foochow and Swatow. 



+■13. COPSYCHUS SAULARIS (L.). [264.] 



Foochow. Styan, Ibis, 1887, p. 218. 



Abundant and resident at Foochow and Swatow. 



In the pairing-season the males fight desperately. On one 

 occasion I very nearly captured a couple that were tumbling 

 about on the lawn in front of our house. They were so 

 intent on the fight that they let me put my hat over them. 

 They are, however, capable of gentler feelings, as I have seen 

 one, on the piano being played indoors, come and perch on 

 the verandah railings and join in Avith its best song. 



I saw a caged specimen of this bird at Swatow which had 

 been trained to turn somersaults, and would do this at any 

 time on a whirling motion being made with the hand near 

 its cage. 



-f-14. Dryonastes perspicillatus (Gra.). [286.] 

 Foochow. Styan, Ibis, 1887, p. 218. 

 Abundant and resident; likewise at Swatow. 



