222 Mr. C. B. Rickett on Birds 



HiRUNDO ERYTHROGASTRA, Bodd. 



A fine specimen, shot in the first week in June. Forehead 

 and throat very deep chestnut, the rest of the underparts a 

 hghter red. The chest-band narrow, but complete. Wing 

 4*6 inches, 



Cypselus PACiFicus, Lath. 



1 have two skins, dated April and May. 



Fringilla montifringilla, Linn. 



Dated November and January, The November skin was 

 that of a bird my collector obtained from a fisherman, who 

 said he came across a very large flock on one of the islands 

 just outside the river. They were sitting quite still on the 

 ground, and allowed him to walk close up to them. He 

 killed this one with a stone. 



CucuLus striatus, Drap, 

 One shot in May. 



HiEROCOCCYX sparverioides (Vig.), 



A male shot near Yen Ping Fu in April. Wing 9*5 inches. 



[Captain Shelley (B, M. Cat. xix. p. 232) gives the length 

 of wing in this bird as 8"1 inches. Mr. E, W. Oates (B. 

 of B. Burmah, ii. p. 108) quotes it as 9. Even this is 

 often exceeded. Besides Mr. Rickett's specimen above 

 mentioned, I have a Chinese example measuring 9"25. — 

 H, H. S.] 



EuDYNAMis malayana. Cab. 



One brought to me in June, in adult male plumage, ex- 

 cept some of the quills and tail-feathers. 



Halcyon coro^ianda (Lath,). 



A beautiful specimen (fresh shot) was brought to me in 

 May. 



Strix CANDIDA, Tickell. 



This Owl was shot by a gentleman near Shuikow in De- 

 cember 1889. It was flushed by his dogs from among some 

 long grass in the course of a day^s Pheasant-shooting. 



[I do not know what else to call this bird^ which Mr. Rickett 



