Letters, Extracts from Correspondence, Notices, ^c. 429 



" 1. Accipiter, sp. Probably the same as the Sparrow-hawk 

 of Amoy. 



"2. Cijpselus vittatus, Jard. & Selb. Building among the 

 huts. 



" 3. Hirundo gutturalis,. Scop. Nesting under the eaves and 

 over the doorways of the houses. 



" 4. Anthus thermophilus, Hodgson. 



"5. Motacilla luzoniensis. Scop. 



" 6. Petrocossyphus maniUensis (Bodd.). 



" 7. Alauda coelivox, Swinhoe. One of the commonest birds 

 in the island. Numbers were singing all around, some on the 

 wing, others while perched on the ground. 



"8. Acridutheres cristatellus (Linn.). 



" 9. Pica sericea, Gould. 



" 10. jEgialites cantianus (Lath.). Numbers of these little 

 fellows were scampering about the sands all day long. They 

 run with great velocity, and then, with a pretty whistle, spring on 

 wing and fly round and round in long circles. Walking along 

 the beach in the afternoon, when it was blowing hard from the 

 north, we came to a sudden depression in the sand. From this, 

 out ran several of these little Plovers as hard as their legs would 

 carry them. They seemed loth to take wing, and had evidently 

 retired into this hollow to seek shelter from the wind. The 

 males vary somewhat in the intensity of their red and black 

 summer tints. 



"11. Herodias garzetta (Linn.). One female specimen only 

 was seen and shot. It was evidently a straggler. 



" 12. Sterna velox, Riipp. Several of these fine Terns were 

 seen at various times, flapping past and uttering their hoarse 

 screams. 



" 13. Sterna minuta, Linn. (?). An elegant little Tern, of this 

 species probably. I know of no other of such small dimensions. 

 A pair of them were flying over the long sand-beach on the south 

 of the island ; and one of them perched on the mud for several 

 minutes. 



"14. Ano'ds stolidus (Linn.). This, or an allied species, was 

 seen skimming about towards the sea.'^ 



