Mr. R. Swinhoe on Amoy Ornithology. 389 



strong- thick lateral tendons. Epithelium leathery, yellowish, 

 containing small angular pebbles and a few small crabs. In- 

 testine 33 in. long, from "3 to "4 in. thick; two adnate cseca 

 occur on it about 1 in. from the anus, these are "6 in. long by 

 '2 in. thick. About 12"5 in. from anus occurs the caecal appen- 

 dage, curled like a worm, and about 1 in. long. Two small, 

 black, narrow testes, "3 in. by *! in. 



In Selby's ' Illustrations of British Ornithology ' (ii. p. 145) 

 it is said of Temminck^s Stint, "The Linncean species (i.e. 

 Tringa pusilla) is further described as 'corpore suhtus I'ufescerite ;' 

 that is, with the under parts of the body rufous or reddish — a 

 character by no means applicable to the T. temminckii at aiiy 

 period, or change of plumage, but which is so to another exotic 

 species." The writer does not say to what exotic species. If 

 to the T. albescens, it is well applied, and suits better tlian 

 that name. If to the American Lesser Stint, then the Ame- 

 rican approaches in this red change of plumage to our 

 eastern T. albescens, and leaves T. minuta to stand with T. 

 subminuta, which two last in summer have spotted, and not red 

 breasts. 



Nov. 30th. — Among some birds brought by my Amoy hunter 

 was a Shore-Pipit, of the form described by me as Anthus bla- 

 kistoni (P. Z. S. 1863, p. 90). This is new to the Amoy 

 list. The collection also contained a Buclytes, which has the 

 yellow eye-streak, green head, and dark ear-coverts of the 

 Formosan form. There were also two young birds of different 

 ages of Hydrophasianus sinensis, which were shot on the sea- 

 shore. 



Another hunter returned from the interior between this port 

 and Foochow, and handed me the following interesting species: — 



Porzana bailloni. 



A Palceornis allied to P. schisticeps I think : — green with a 

 clayey-tinged head and a very short tail. The hunter says he 

 cannot tell whether this was an escaped bird or not, but he saw 

 it shot on a tree between Amoy and Chinchew. It bears no 

 indications of confinement about it. The tail is singularly 

 short, and its feathers are worn at the ends; at its roots I 

 cannot find signs of growth. Bonaparte's 'Conspectus' does 



