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Birds of Fohkien. 
The soft parts of several, as noted by Styan, were as 
follows:—Irides crimson; legs purplish brown; bill white, 
lilac at the base. 
Thirteen specimens averaged in the flesh Length 3’47 
inches, wing 1*96, tail 1*5, tarsus 0*65, culmen 0*35. 
13 . Paradoxornis gularis Gray. 
I saw a good many large flocks of this species about Ching 
Fung and Yamakan last year. They were everywhere , from 
the tops of the highest trees down to the thick scrub, and 
occasionally on the ground. Their way of picking off a 
bud, carrying it to a convenient twig, and holding it under 
their feet while picking it to pieces, is very Tit-like. 
Some that I examined had fed on vegetable matter and 
insects. One had an immense number of small white grubs 
in its stomach, and another fragments of chestnuts. 
Styan noted the soft parts of some that we shot in the 
previous year as follows :—Bill orange ; irides brown ; legs 
bluish green. 
Erithacus akahige (Temm.) : Hick. & La Touche, 
Ibis, 1897, p. 608. 
Since my last notes were written I have obtained six 
specimens—three from Kuatun in November, and the other 
three from about Yamakan in December and January. One 
or two others were seen, but in dense underwood and at too 
close quarters to be shot at. My collector says this species is 
much less shy and wary than E. sibilans. 
rj~5. Cettia sinensis La Touche, Ibis, 1898, pp, 328, 329. 
I have now nearly 50 specimens of this species from 
various parts of this province, chiefly Kuatun and around 
Ching Fung. 
When undisturbed it is a very tame little bird, hopping 
quietly from twig to twig within a few feet of one, and 
uttering a low “ tack, tack/' as it diligently searches for its 
minute insect prey. On the least suspicion of danger it 
disappears into the shelter of the thick cover it loves to 
frequent. I have made the following (average) flesh-measure¬ 
ments :—Four $ : length 5*1 inches, wing 2*1, tail 2*1, 
