132 Mr. 11. Swiulioe^s Ornithological Notes made at Chefoo. 



" Bois de Boulogne " a Snipe of this species that they had 

 just caught. 



85. Diminutive Curlew. Numenius minutus, Gould. 

 While strolling along the path on the top of the cliflFs near 



our house, I observed a small CurlcM' on an earthy moiiiid in 

 the grass, under the wall of the old Consulate enclosure. As 

 we drew near it flew off, uttering a loud " teo, teo/^ some- 

 what like the notes of a Greenshank, but with a little of the 

 Curlew wail in it. It flew round about, and perched near 

 again, until again disturbed. It must have found something 

 palatable in that spot. 



86. Whimbrel. Numenius phcpopus (L.) 



On the 22nd May Mr. W. R. Carles went out for a ramble 

 on the hillsides and brought back three Whimbrels. He found 

 a small flock of them in a field of dry grass. 



87. Common Heron. Ardea cinerea, L. 



Constable Webster shot two birds of the year of this Heron 

 on the 29th September. 



88. White Heron. Egretta modesta (Gray). 



The constable got at the same time and place three adults 

 of this species ; they were already in winter form, with yellow 

 bills. 



89. Bittern. Botaurus stellaris, L. 



A male of this was sent me by Mr. Campbell from Light- 

 house Island on the 6th October. Its bill was light brown, 

 deep on culmen ; cere tinged with greenish yellow ; skin 

 round eye the same. Iris straw-yellow. Legs and toes yel- 

 lowish green, browner on nails, with their tips light ; pecti- 

 nation on middle claw very narrow. A small brown Gadfly 

 about its head. 



90. Von Schrenck's Little Bittern. Ardetta eurhythma, 

 Swinh. 



In 'The Ibis^ for 1873, p. 73, was published my detection 

 of this species at Ningpo. It was breeding there and at 

 Shanghai. On the 20th May, and for many days after, the 

 birdcatchers brought live specimens of both sexes. I took' 



