388 Mr. R. Swinhoe on Amoy Ornithulugy . 



says that the Mina in the Philippines was introduced by the 

 Spaniards from China (Amoy) . In such case the specific name 

 would scarcely be applicable. 



Nov. 15th. — My hunter brought me a female Shoveller, Rhyn- 

 chaspis clypeata. Length 18-25 in. ; wing 9 in. Tongue 

 yellowish flesh-colour. Bill yellowish olive-brown, the lower 

 mandible, the lamina, and basal two-thirds of the upper man- 

 dible about its edge being orange. Iris bright yellowish- 

 brown. Legs fine deep orange, the interdigital webs, except 

 along edges near the toes, being blackish. 



Nov. 19th. — A friend sent me a Falcon shot in the act of 

 eating a Sandpiper, which he was seen to catch. Falco pere- 

 grinus,(^. Length 17 inches; wing 12*75 in.; tail 6*75 in.; 

 tarse 2*1 in., feathered for nearly '75 in.; middle toe 2 in.; its 

 claw '7 in. Legs and toes yellow with a greenish tinge ; claws 

 blackish-brown. Irides blackish-brown. Skin round the eye 

 and cere bluish-white with a very faint tinge of green. Bill 

 bluish-white tinged with purple, blackish on its apical half. 

 Plumage spotted, striped, and margined, as of a bird in first 

 year's dress. 



I think I was wrong in referring the specimen of the Godwit 

 I took to England to Limosa uropyyialis. At least, one that I 

 have now before me seems distinctly to be L. lapponica, ^ . 

 Entire length 14-5 in. ; bill 3'25 in. Legs extending beyond 

 tail only 1"33 in. Wing 7'75 in., the end of tertiaries reaching 

 to within 1 inch of tip of quills. Bare part of tibia 1*25 in. ; 

 tarse 2*1 in.; middle toe and claw 1*4 in., claw of middle toe 

 bulging inwardly and falcated. Legs lead-colour, claws black. 

 Bill flesh-colour, apical half of the lower mandible and the upper 

 from beyond nostril to tip being brownish-grey. Irides deep 

 brown. Lower neck and breast retaining some of its summer 

 rufous tint. This species cannot be the L. uropygiaUs ; for its 

 rump and upper tail-coverts have the feathers centred with 

 blackish-brown oval spots, as in L. lapponica, and arc not barred. 

 Tail 3"1 in. long, consisting of twelve barred feathers, the two 

 middle ones mucronate. Male, by dissection. Proventriculus 

 large and broad, contracting as it meets the stomach. Stomach 

 somewhat heart-shaped, about '8 in. broad by 1 in. Jong, with 



