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Mr. J. D. D. La Touche on the 
-(-148. CoCCYSTES COROMANDUS (L.). 
This handsome Cuckoo apparently summers in the moun¬ 
tains of North-west Fohkien. It is not uncommon in the 
forests near Kuatun, whence we have obtained three speci¬ 
mens. One in my collection was shot on the 24th May. It 
is said to be a late arrival. 
149. Megal^ma virens (Bodd.). 
Very common in the forests about Kuatun. The natives 
say that it is a very late breeder. 
-(-150. Scops glabripes Swinhoe. 
A fine specimen, collected in 1897, was sold to me at 
Kuatun in 1898. This is a resident species at Foochow. 
"f" 151. Scops stlctonotus Sharpe. 
We have four birds in red plumage from Kuatun—three 
brought back in autumn 1896, and obtained there during 
the summer and in October, and one shot on the 15th 
April, 1897. A fifth example, shot on the 12th May, 1898, 
is much less ruddy, having a good deal of grey on the upper 
parts and breast; the lower half of the facial disk is besides 
entirely grey. Wing 5*65 inches. 
4*152. Glaucidium whitelyi (Blyth). 
I have an example of this Owl from the Kuatun Moun¬ 
tains, shot there on the 29th September, 1896. I did not 
notice any during our stay. 
153. Glaucidium brodiei (Burton). 
A not uncommon bird in the vicinity of Kuatun. Its call, 
a loud “ clock-clock,” was often heard by day in the valley 
below Kuatun, and I referred to this little Owl a call which 
we heard unceasingly at night, and which apparently came 
from the woods near the village. Our Foochow men, how¬ 
ever, said the latter was not the call of this bird, but that 
of Scops stictonotus . The sound, a very loud “ tiok-clock- 
clock,” reminded us of the Chinese watchman's rattle. It 
went on all night till near dawn. 
A specimen brought to me on the 30th March, 1898, 
