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Birds of Fohkien. 
Yarn ak an and Ah Cheung. Two that I examined had fed on 
berries and flies. The latter (judging from our notes of the 
previous year) appear to be their favourite food. The 
following are average flesh-measurements of five specimens 
(three males and two females) :—Length 7*6 inches, wing 
3*8, tail 3’2, tarsus 0*75, culmen 0*7. 
The soft parts were :—Irides and bill black ; tarsus bluish 
grey. 
11. Oriolus indicus Jerdon. 
A few stragglers appear to stay through the winter in South 
China. La Touche records one at Swatow in January (Ibis, 
1892, p. 422), and I saw a fine male near Foochow on 
26th December. 
-f l2. .ZEthopyga latouchii Slater, Ibis, 1891, p. 43, pi. i. 
This species was recorded as occurring at Ching Fung in 
'Ibis/ 1897, p. 603. Since then I have received a good 
many specimens from that neighbourhood, and also from a 
place on the river only about 50 miles from Foochow. 
I had a good view of a beautiful male last winter. He 
was perched on the branch of a small tree within 6 or 8 feet 
of my face, and looked a pretty sight with the sun shining 
full on him as he sat eyeing me suspiciously and uttering a 
constant faint chirp. On my making a slight movement he 
darted across the narrow path into the forest with a single 
sharp note of alarm. 
A pair measured in the flesh:—. Length 4*3 inches, 
wing 2, tail 1*9, tarsus 0’5. $ . Length 3 8 inches, wing 
1*85, tail L0, tarsus 0*4. 
-f 13. Lepocestes sinensis Hickett, Bull. B. O. C. vi. p. 1; 
Ibis, 1897, p. 603. 
Although only two specimens were actually obtained in 
December 1898 in the neighbourhood of Ching Fung, this 
might almost have been called the common Woodpecker of 
the district. Its constantly uttered ff tirric, tirric, tirric/' 
mingled with the tapping of its bill and the loud flutter of 
its wings, was often to be heard in the low scrub and bamboos 
on the hillsides, as well as (though less frequently) in the 
