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TJMELIIDJE. 



colour varies considerably in intensity, one clutch from Kuatun 



being pure white. They measure from '6 to '7 in length, and from 

 5 to -52 in breadth. 



5. China. C. Gould, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Kuatun, Fohkien, China, 17th May. J. D. La Touche, Esq. [P.]. 



4. Kuatun, May (J. D. La Touche). " Crowley Bequest. 



5. Kuatun, May (J. D. La T.). C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 

 4. Kuatun, May (J. D. La T.). C. B. Rickett, Esq. HP.' 



2. Kuatun, 8th May (J. D. La T.}. C. B. Rickett, Esq. IP. 



6. Kuatun, 12th May (J. D. La T.). C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P." 

 o. Kuatun, 14th May (J. D. La 7'.). C. B. Rickett, Esq. P. 1 

 4. Kuatun, 14th May (J. D. La T.). C. B. Rickett, Esq. 



3. Kuatun, loth May (J. D. La T.). C. B. Rickett, Esq. 



Kuatun, 24th May (J. 1). La T.). C. B. Rickett, Esq. 



Kuatun, 25th May (J. D. La T.). C. B. Rickett, Esq. 



Chinkiang, Fohkien, 7th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. 



Suthora bulomachus, Swinh. 

 (Plate I. fig. 13.) 



Suthora bulomachu?, David $ Oustalet, Ois. Chine, p. 208 (1877) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. 1\L vii. p. 490 (1883) ; La Touche, Ibis, 1898, 

 p. 361 j S/iarpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 70 (1903). 



The eggs of the Eormosan Suthora are ordinarily of a regular 

 oval form, but a lew are elliptical or even biconical. They possess 

 a fair amount of gloss, and are of a spotless blue colour. They 

 measure from -65 to '68 in length, and from -49 to *53 in breadth. 



3. Formosa, 6th April (P. A. Hoist). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Formosa, 9th April (P. A. H.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Formosa, 9th April (P. A. II.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Formosa, 10th April (P. A. H.). Seebohm Coll. 

 o. Formosa, llth April (P. A. H.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Formosa, 12th April (P. A. H.). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Formosa. 10th May (P. A. H.). Seebohm Coll. 



-j. Formosa (R. Sivinhoe). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus SCJEORHYNCHUS, 0<ttes. 



Scaeorliynclms gularis (Gray). 



(Plate I. fig. 15.) 



Suthora gularis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 492 (1883); Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 62 (1899j. 

 Scaeorhynchus gularis, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., .Birds, i. p. 69 (1889) ; 



id.' ed. Hume, Rests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 44 (1889) ; 8/iarpe, 



Hand-l. iv. p. 71 (1903). 

 Paradoxornis gularis, La Touche, Ibis, 1899, p. 188. 



The eggs of the Hoary-headed Suthora do not differ much 

 from those of S. rvjiceps. They are of a regular oval form and 

 possess little gloss. They have a creamy-white ground-colour, 



