THE IBIS. 



NEW SERIES. 



No. XII. OCTOBER 1867. 



XXIII. — Jottings on Birds from my Amoy Journal. By Robert 

 SwiNHOE, Her Majesty's Consul, F.Z.S. &c. 



[Continued from p. 237.] 



On the 3rd November 1866 I received from Mr. T. Watters, 

 Acting-Consul at Taiwan (Formosa), a pair of Kestrels in im- 

 mature or banded plumage. The male has the legs and toes 

 fine orange, with black nails, the cere and orbit orange-yellow. 

 The female has the cere whitish, tinged with yellow, and the 

 eyelid whitish yellow ; her legs and feet are yellow, only tinged 

 with orange. Both have rich brown irides. In this plumage 

 they answer well to the Amoy Kestrel, the males of which in a 

 similar manner have the soft parts more brightly tinted than 

 they are in the females. 



November 11th. — Up the river that leads to the city of 

 Chang-chow-foo. It was high tide, and the marshes were 

 covei-ed. The Ducks sat about in small parties ; but they were 

 wild, and the boat jumped about so on the waves raised by the 

 strong north-easter that it was impossible to aim straight 

 enough for a cartridge to do effective work. I observed a bird 

 like a large black Swallow skimming about, occasionally alight- 

 ing and floating on the water, and saw at once that it was a 

 Petrel. The first two shots missed; but it showed no alarm, 



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