Birds of Fohkien. 5 7 
17. Syrnium indrani (Sykes) : Blanf. Fauna B. I., Birds, 
iii. p. 27 5. 
1 received a specimen ( $) from Ah Cheung, shot on 24th 
February. This and Styan’s specimen from Chinteh 
(Anhwei Province) (Ibis, 1899, p. 289) are, I think, the 
only recorded instances of its occurrence in China proper. 
It was obtained by Swinhoe in Formosa. My bird measures 
in the skin :—Length 20*2 inches, wing 14’8, tarsus 2‘5. 
18. Strix Candida Tick ell, Ibis, 1891, p. 222. 
It was not till the end of June 1898 that I was able to 
get a second specimen of this Owl. It was a female, caught 
alive in a building a few miles from Foochow. It measured 
in the flesh:—Length 14 inches, wing 13*4, tail 5*5, tarsus 3’0. 
~p!9. Glaucidium brodiei (Burton). 
I have one from Ching Fung, shot on 1st January. 
-^20. Scops glabripes Swinhoe. 
Dr. Stenhouse (H.M.S. ‘ Algerine ’) has kindly presented 
La Touche and me each with an egg of this species, which 
he took from a rather curious site, viz. a Magpie’s nest ! 
He shot the bird as it flew out, and on getting up to the 
nest found three fresh eggs. 
Eurystomus calonyx Sharpe constantly—in fact, so far as 
my knowledge goes, invariably —makes use of old Magpies’ 
nests round about Foochow, although there are plenty of 
trees with holes suitable for nesting purposes. 
21. Spilornis cheela (Latham). 
We obtained two specimens at Yamakan last winter and 
saw several others, but they were too wary to allow of 
approach. It is apparently the Eagle of the district. 
On 17th April my men took a nestling near Ching Fung. 
It was just a ball of fluffy white down, and the sole occupant 
of a nest which was described as being no bigger than a 
Kite’s (Milvus melanot/is ). It was placed in a high tree, and 
composed of sticks lined with pine-needles. One of the 
parents made a swoop at the boy when he was near the nest, 
and very nearly struck him on the head. As it circled round 
