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



A nestling bought on 3rd June, 1885^ was successfully 

 reared^ and after travelling about with me in China from post 

 to post^ was brought to Europe and lived over a year in 

 France. When I came over to England iu July 1891, I gave 

 it to the Zoological Society's Gardens, where it died about a 

 week afterwards *. 



This bird was always Avild when strangers were present, 

 but when alone with me it was extremely tame and even 

 affectionate. 



It preferred insect food to any other, but would also eat 

 birds, rats, mice, and butcher's meat. 



163. Glaucidium whitelyi (Blyth). [55.] 

 Foochow. Styan, Ibis, 1887, p. 231. 



Very common and resident at Foochow and Swatow. 



I have also had several live specimens of this Owl at 

 diflerent times. They are easy to keep in confinement, and 

 eat freely. 



One, which I had shot at and wounded one morning while 

 out shooting, deceived me by lying motionless on my hand, 

 till, thinking it was dying, I put it out of pain, as I believed, 

 and laid it in my collecting-basket, where it remained motion- 

 less till the evening. On taking out the day's captures to 

 examine them this bird jumped out, to my surprise. It lived 

 for over a year after that, in apparently good health. 



164. Glaucidium bkodiei (Burt.). [56.] 



This Owl must occur not far west of Foochow. It was 

 obtained by Swinhoe in the Tingchow mountains and by 

 Mr. Baun at Puch^eng. 



165. Nixox SCUTULATA (Raflfl.). [53.] 

 Foochow. Styan, Ibis, 1887, p. 231. 



Not uncommon in May. Rather common at Swatow in 

 April. 



I have had several live specimens. They stood confine- 

 ment well, eating butcher's meat, birds, &c. freely. A pellet 

 cast up by one on the day following its capture consisted of 

 remains of beetles and small mammals (bats or mice). 

 [* Recorded as Scops semitorques, P. Z. S. 1891, p. 669.— Ed.] 



