600 Messrs. C. B. Rickett and J. D. de La Touche on 



sparingly distributed round West Spitsbergen. I have pre- 

 sented some examples to the National Collection, and no 

 one who compares these with F. fratercula can, I think, 

 hesitate to accept the correctness of the separation of these 

 two species. 



29. CoLYMBus SEPTENTRioNALis, Linn. Red - tliroatcd 

 Diver. 



This, the only Diver observed in Spitsbergen, has, so far 

 as is known, a fairly wide distribution there; for Mr. Eaton 

 records it from VVijde Bay and Neurenberg Bay, and 

 Prof. Newton says it breeds as far north as the Seven 

 Islands. There were three pairs on the lakes by the Flower 

 Garden, Cape Wijk, last year. Two had made nests, but 

 had no eggs, on July 17th *. 



XLIY.— Additional Observations on the Birds of the 

 Province of Fohkien. f By C. B. Rickett and J. D. de 

 La Touche. With Notes by W. R. Ogilvie Grant. 

 Mr. F. W. Styan and the writers made an excursion to 

 Ching Feng Ling in December last, leaving Foochow on the 

 5th and returning on the 20th instant. 



Ching Feng Ling is a hamlet situated among the hills 

 about 100 miles north-west of Foochow and some 1500 feet 

 above the sea. The mountains in the vicinity range from 

 about 2000 to 2500 feet in height. They are mostly covered 

 with thick brushwood, bamboos, and '' sword-grass,^' with 

 here and there small pine-vvoods. There are three patches of 

 high forest in the neighbourhood, from two of which we 

 obtained most of our specimens. The third (which was more 

 distant) was visited once by our native collectors. 



We subjoin (p. 602) a list of birds obtained, with notes on 

 a few of the more interesting species. We also give below 



* [There is some evidence that either a Great Nortliern Diver or more 

 probably, the Yellow-billed Northern Diver, was seen off Spitsbero-en in 

 the autumn of 1882. Cf. A. H. Cocks, Zool. 1883, pp. 399-400.-Edd 1 



t Cf. Ibis, 1892, pp. 400-430, 477-503; 1894, pp. 215-226- 1896 

 pp. 489-495 ; 1897, pp. 169-176, pi. iv. 



