on the Birds of South-Eastern China. 71 



At Tarn Cliau a pair of these birds was seen feeding 

 three fully grown young on July 12th. 



The two eggs mentioned above are of different types and 

 measure '76 x '66 and '82 x "03 respectively, and in colour 

 one is of a pale greenish white spotted all over, chiefly 

 at the larger end, with pale ashy, purplish, and yellowish 

 brown, whilst some spots are over-spotted with darker colour ; 

 the other has the ground-colour yellowish white, the mark- 

 ings as in the first case but collected at the smaller end and 

 more confluent. The egg will be figured on Plate V. fig. 15 

 of the April number. 



Lanius tigrinus. 



At Wuchau and Samshui, a few of these birds were 

 seen in April and May, and on one occasion an immature 

 specimen was obtained at Kowloon in February. 



At Tam Chau, Kwang Si, an immature bird was shot 

 on August 14th ; so perhaps they breed in the western 

 Province. 



^THOPYGA LATOUCHII. 



JEithopyga latouchii Slater, Ibis, 1891, p. 43. 



This handsome Sunbird occurs only in Howlik Forest 

 and as a winter visitor. It has a peculiarly loud metallic 

 note, and haunts the topmost boughs of very tall trees. 



ZOSTEROPS SIMPLEX. 



Zosterops palpebrosa (Temm.) ; Gadow, Cat. B. M. ix. 

 p. 165 pt. 



The Chinese White-eye is a very common resident, both 

 on the coast and iuland. It is usually to be observed 

 in small parties througliout the summer months, and 

 in the winter very often in considerable flocks ; when 

 in company they search diligently all day on and under 

 the leaves of the banyan and other trees for their insect 

 food to a loud and cheerful accompaniment of the notes 

 " chee ! chee " ! When flying from one tree to another they 

 also continually call " chee ! chee ! '* ; but they appear to 

 have no song. 



