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SUTHORA SUFFUSA (?) . 



A Suthora, as far as I can remember identical with that 

 from Puching mentioned by Mr. Styan, was shot last spring, 

 close to FoochoWj by Mr. C. W. Campbell. 



MiCROHIERAX CHINENSIS. 



Seems to be not very uncommon in the valley of the Min 

 river, another specimen (this time a male, in fine plumage) 

 having been shot for me by a native sportsman in March 

 last. Mr. Baun also collected three specimens in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Shuikow, Ching Feng Ling, &c. 



Yours faithfully, 



J. DE La Touche. 



3 Kensington Gardens Square, 

 July 14, 1887. 



Sirs, — With reference to Sir John Campbell-Orde's obser- 

 vation of Cypselus apus in North Uist, I may state that this 

 species is an irregular visitor to the opposite coast of Skye, 

 and it has occurred even at St. Kilda, a specimen having 

 been shot in the latter island in May 1886 by Mr. John 

 Mackenzie, of Dun vegan. There is nothing, therefore, sur- 

 prising in its straying to North Uist. With reference to 

 St. Kilda, I may add that the late schoolmaster, George 

 Murray, informs me that a single example of Larus glaucus 

 made its appearance in the bay in November 1886; that the 

 only example of Larus ridibimdus ever seen at St. Kilda 

 arrived on April 13th, 1887 ; and that he observed a specimen 

 of Chelidon urbica on June 9th. 



Yours &c., 



H. A. Macpherson. 



Direction des Konig-1. Zoologischen und des 

 Anthropologisch-Etlmographischen Museums zu Dresden, 

 July 21, 1887. 



Sirs, — Mr. H. Seebohm, in his interesting paper "On the 

 genus Scolopax" (The Ibis, 1886, p. 128), remarks of Sco- 

 lopax rochusseni : " The Moluccan Woodcock is confined to 

 the sDuiU group of islands the name of which it bears, Avhither 

 it probably emigrated from Japan." 



