54 Mr. C. B. Rickett on the 
tarsus 0*9. Three ? : length 4'6 inches, wing 1-98, tail 
1*8, tarsus OB. 
6. Lusciniola fuscata (Blyth). 
It is this species, and not Lusciniola schwarzi, that winters 
at Foochow (vide Ibis, 1896, p. 493). The last-named 
is apparently a very rare bird in this province, while 
L. fuscata is common. It frequents hedges and bushes near 
water, and has a quiet Cettia-like way of slipping through 
the cover, uttering a low “ chack, chack,” at intervals. It 
often descends to the ground to pick up food. One shot 
last winter was hopping about on the mud at the edge of a 
small creek. Its stomach contained ants, minute coleoptera, 
some small larvae, and two or three tiny univalve shells. 
-4 r 7. Niltava sundara Hodgson. 
My collector shot a female of this species on 3rd November, 
1898, at Kuatun. 
8. PoLIOMYJAS LUTEOLA (Pall.). 
What La Touche says of the rarity of this species near 
Foochow (Ibis, 1899, p. 422) is so true that I may note that 
I shot a male in immature plumage in November last. It 
measured in the flesh :—Length 5 inches, wing 2*9, tail 2 - 0, 
tarsus 0*6, cuimen 0*3. 
f-9. Melanochlora sultanea (Hodgs.). 
We obtained a dozen specimens at and around Yamakan 
in December and January. The natives say this species 
breeds there in holes of trees. 
The stomachs of those I examined contained vegetable 
matter (? berries), seeds, and insects. I once heard the 
bird^s loud and somewhat peculiar note at Yamakan. The 
following are average flesh-measurements :—Two £: length 
8'1 inches, wing 4*3, tail 39, tarsus 0 9. Three $ : length 
7*75 inches, wing 3*95, tail 3‘6, tarsus 0 9. 
-/-10. Chloropsis lazulina Swinhoe. 
Styan and I met with this species near Cliing Fung in 
December 1897. In the same month the year following 
and February this year my collectors shot seven specimens at 
