43 I Mr. J. D. D. La Touche— Field-Notes on 



nest composed of moss, cows' hair, wool, fibres, and twigs. A 

 good deal of mud is used as a base to the inner nest. The 

 inner diameter of one lining, which I measured, was 5^ in., 

 and the depth about 1^ in. Besides the clutch mentioned 

 above I have obtained fresh eggs on May 26, a few that 

 were fresh and a number that were incubated on June 14. 

 Two eggs brought to me on July 11 were, one incubated, the 

 other rotten. 



Out of twenty-seven eggs taken, eight have the ground- 

 colour of a light greenish grey, seventeen of a brownish- 

 yellow clay-colour or pale olive-brown, and one of an inter- 

 mediate shade. The markings consist of roundish spots 

 and specks, or sometimes of short lines, of brown and 

 purplish grey, the latter often on the surface as well as 

 beneath it. As a rule every egg has also a few surface- 

 specks of very dark brown. The shape is ovate or very 

 rarely elongated ovate. The twenty-seven eggs in my col- 

 lection average L08x0-83"; the largest is M6x0-87" and 

 the smallest 100x0-79". 



8. Urocissa sinensis (L.). 



Styan, Ibis, 1891, p. 359; La Touche, Ibis, 1900, 



p. 40; La Touche & Rickett, Ibis, 1905, p. 26. 



This bird is common on the hills. It also occurs on the 



plain and occasionally appears in the British Concession at 



Chinkiang. Two fresh eggs were brought to me on June 12 ; 



they resemble those described in 'The Ibis' (1900, p. 40). 



9. Parus minor T. & S. 



Styan, Ibis, 1891, p. 341; La Touche, Ibis, 1899, 

 p. 401 ; La Touche & Rickett, ibis, 1905, p. 27. 



The common Tit of the locality. I have three eggs taken 

 on May 20 from a hole in a tree, which were quite fresh ; 

 they are pure white with rather large spots and specks of two 

 shades of light red over underlying violet-reddish markings. 

 They measure 0-65x0-50", 064 x 0-50", and 0-64x0-49". 

 They differ from those obtained in Fohkien in having under- 

 lying markings and in their lesser size. 



I have also a young bird nearly full-grown which was shot 



