436 Mr. J. H. Gurney's Notes on 



FULICA ATRAj L. 



Two specimens from Woochung. Very numerous on the 

 lakes in central China. 



Dafila acuta (L.). 



One male, Hankow market. 



QUERQUEDULA CRECCA (L.). 



One male, Hankow market. 



QuERQUEDULA (EuNETTA) FORMOSA (Gcorgi). 



One male, Hankow market. 



Spatula CLYPEATA (L.). 

 One male, Hankow market. 



PoDicEps PHILIPPENSI8, Bonn. 



One specimen in winter plumage from Woochung. 



Larus occidentalis, Aud. 



Probably the same as L. cachinnans, Pall. One specimen 

 was shot off the Bund at Hankow^, which is 600 miles up the 

 Yaugtse. This bird is said to have a shorter and stronger bill 

 than L. argentaius. Mr. Dresser, on a cursory inspection, 

 thought this specimen was L. leucoph<2us. If so, it is much 

 out of its range. But the colour of the mantle is not iu 

 favour of this view, it being quite as light as in L. argentatus. 



XXXIV. — Notes on a ' Catalogue of the Accipitres in the 

 British Museum' by R. Bowdler Sharpe (1874). By J. 

 H. Gurney. 



[Continued from p. 321.] 



Before proceeding with my notes, I have to recur to a few 

 matters mentioned in my last two papers. 



I stated [supra, p. 148) that Japan should be added to 

 the list of localities for Erythropus amurensis, it having been 

 included in the list of Japanese species published in ' The 

 Ibis' for 1878 {vide p. 249). But Mr. Seebohm has been 

 so good as to inform me that the only foundation for its 

 admission to that list was the doubtful suggestion made by 



