Birds of North-west Fohkien . 43 
on. It may be syllabled “ k wee-kwe-kwe-kwe-kwe-kwe- 
kwe-kwe.” 
One bird was seen and heard by us on the 1st and 2nd 
May on the wooded slope opposite Kuatun. It was, no 
doubt, breeding in the neighbouring forest. 
I saw a young bird on the way down from Kuatun. I was 
first attracted by a kind of loud chattering coming from 
brushwood near the road, and after a few seconds’ search 
saw a young L. smensis fly on to an Oil-tree (Elceococca ?) 
on the other side of the stream, where it remained perched 
for some seconds, then again flew down to some bushes below 
the road, and, after recrossing the stream, perched on another 
oil-tree. Finally it flew away before I could get near enough 
to shoot it with my collecting-gun. The parent bird was 
calling at the time in the woods near by, but it did not show 
itself. 
The colours of the soft parts in this species, as taken on 
a male, a female and young, shot at Kuatuu in 1898, are as 
follows :— 
S ad. 11th April, 1898. Iris crimson; bill yellow; legs 
reddish brown. Total length 11*75 inches. 
? ad. 11th April, 1898. Iris dark vermilion; bill yellow; 
legs greenish plumbeous; claws grey. Total length 11*4 
inches. The stomach contained remains of beetles and 
wood larvae. 
Juv. 11th April, 1898. Iris grey ; bill yellow; legs—scales 
brown, skin grey. Total length 10*9 inches. 
$ juv. 15th May, 1898. Legs brownish grey. Total 
length 11 inches. Rest as in the young bird described 
above. 
-^137. Micropternus fokiensis Swinhoe. 
One shot near Wu Yi Shan on the 27th March, 1898, 
where it seems to be frequent. It is a common species in 
Central Fohkien. 
f 138. Gecinulus viridanus Slater. 
This pretty Woodpecker inhabits the forests about Kuatun, 
but it is either very shy or very rare there, for only a few 
