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Mr. C. B. Rickett on the 
III .—Additional Notes on the Birds of Fohkien. 
By C. B. Rickett*. 
The places mentioned in these notes are situated as follows :— 
San Tu Kao and Kieh Ning Fa .—Situated on the Min 
river, in a N.W. direction from Foochow, from which they 
are distant respectively about 90 and 180 miles. 
Ching Fung Ling .—On the hills 100 miles north-west of 
Foochow. See ‘Ibis/ 1897, p. 600. 
YamaJcan and Ah Cldung .—Respectively about 7 and 14 
miles from Ching Fung Ling. Yamakan (Wild Cat Valley) 
stands at about the same elevation as Ching Fung Ling. 
Ah Cheung I have not as yet visited. I gave the name on a 
previous occasion (see Bull. B. O. C. viii. p. xlvii; Ibis, 1899, 
p. 444) as Hachong, hut have since been told that Ah Chhing 
is the more correct rendering. 
f 1. Merula naumanni (Temm.). 
I saw three Thrushes at Ching Fung in December which 
I believe were of this species, but they were too wary to 
allow of approach. 
It is a curious fact that this bird, which used to be so 
common about Foochow on passage some years ago (vide 
‘ Ibis/ 1887, p. 216), no longer passes through this district. 
I have never seen a single specimen in the eight years I have 
collected round about here. 
f 2. Suthora david ian a Slater, Ib>is, 1897, p. 172, 
pi. iv. fig. 1. 
In December 1897 Styan and I came across a flock just 
outside San Tu Kao. We subsequently found them not 
uncommon about Ching Fung. In winter they are always 
in flocks, some of which consist of a considerable number of 
individuals. They are very active little birds, travelling 
through the underwood at a great pace, at times ascending 
to the tree-tops, and uttering a constant faint “chu, see, 
see, see.” The stomachs of some that I examined contained 
vegetable matter and small larvae. 
* See the last communication by Messrs. Rickett and La Touche, 
Ibis, 1898, p. 328. 
