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more inclined to favour S. strophiata, which is, perhaps, more 

 likely to occur near Swatow, as it has been recorded by Pere 

 David fromWestern China, But, as Mr. de La Touche observes 

 that the bird is not uncommon at Swatow in April, and as 

 these examples were shot towards the end of that month, it 

 may subsequently be found to breed there, and may prove 

 to be distinct from both the species of which the names are 

 here suggested. 



-f- 2. loLE HOLTi, Swinhoe, 



Mr. Seebohm enumerates (P. Z. S. 1890, p. 342) the three 

 hitherto known examples of this bird. It may be well to 

 mention that there are certainly two more, one of which is 

 in Mr. Styan^s possession and the other in my collection. 



4- 3. Hemixus canipensis, Seebohm (P. Z. S. 1890, p. 342). 

 Mr. de La Touche informs me that the example o£ this 

 excellent species from which Mr. Seebohm took his descrip- 

 tion was, he has no doubt, one which was not " collected by 

 Herr Baun near Foochow,^^ but given to that gentleman by 

 Mr. de La Touche. I may add that five other examples, 

 all obtained by Mr. de La Touche, have passed through my 

 hands, two of Avhich are still in my possession. 



4. Alcippe hueti, David. (See Seebohm, P. Z. S. 1890, 

 p. 343.) 



Mr. de La Touche has at different times submitted nine 

 specimens of his own collecting to me for examination, six 

 from near Foochow, three from near Swatow. I quite agree 

 with Mr. Seebohm as to the distinctness of the continental 

 Chinese birds from A. nipalensis and A. morrisoniana. The 

 uniform pure grey head and neck, without the least trace 

 of that brown which is invariably noticed in the other two 

 species, is enough to characterize it. The absence of white 

 bases to the loral feathers, however, is not to be depended 

 on, as some of the Chinese specimens show nearly as much 

 white there as the other two species. But whether the pre- 

 sent bird ought to be called A. hueti, David, seems very 

 doubtful. Pere David, in his description of that bird (Ann. 

 des Sci. Nat. xix. art. 9, p. 4, 1874), mentions as the dis- 



