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partly plucked. The native name is Nandii, but the bird 

 is now_, I believe, ouly known as the Avestruz. 



IV. EXPLANATION OF PLATE V. 



Eggs of tlie following Species. 



Fig. I. Anthus correndera, p. 163. 



2. Atticorafucata, p. 167. 



3. Tcenioptera nengeta, p. 175. 

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5. Hydropsalis furcifeva, p. 188, 



6. Colaptes ayricola, p. 189, 



7. Podager nacunda, p. 186. 



8. GalUnago paraguaice, p. 207. 



XIV. — On some Birds collected in the Vicinity of Foochow. 

 By C. B. RicKETT, F.Z.S. With Notes by Henry H. 

 Slater. 



The following article is intended mainly as a supplement to 

 Mr. de La Touchers paper on the " Birds of Foochow and 

 Swatow^' (Ibis, 1892, pp. 400, 477). I do not therefore 

 include in the list any of the birds mentioned by him, 

 except in the rare instances where my experience differs from 

 his or in order to record further occurrences of the rarer 

 species. 



I have been collecting birds for a period of nearly four 

 years in this district. My collecting-ground extends from 

 Sharp Peak (at the mouth of the river Min) to Shuikow 

 (which is about 70 miles above Foochow), and up the valley 

 of the Yuen Fu. 



Mr. de La Touche (in the paper above referred to) has 

 described this part of the country so fully that it is un- 

 necessary for me to say more on the subject. 



He has omitted, however, to give any details as to the 

 climate. These, thanks to the courtesy of Mr. H. A. Mclnues, 

 o£ the Imperial Maritime Customs at Pagoda Anchorage, I 

 am now able to append in a condensed form. 



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