138 Mr. R. Swiiihoe's Ornithological Notes made at Chefoo. 



99. Resplendent Shag. Phalacrocorax pelagicus (Pall.). 

 This was the Shag at Chefoo^ as it seems to be also at Ha- 



kodadi, North Japan (see 'Ibis/ 1874, p. 164) . Constable Web- 

 ster shot one out of a small party on the 22nd June off North 

 Rock. It turned out to be a male with a double crest, as in P. 

 bicristatus, but not fully developed, and had only a few white 

 feathers on the thighs. One or two longish white feathers 

 also occur on the neck. Inside of mouth yellowish red. Bare 

 skin round eye, at base of bill, and on intercrura of lower man- 

 dible wrinkled and dark tile- or Indian red. Sides of lower 

 mandible near base marked with same. Bill blackish brown. 

 Legs and toes black. Length 29 inches. Wing 11, "1 longer 

 than the tertiaries, 6*5 short of tail-tip. Tail Q-7, of twelve 

 stiff' graduated feathers, laterals 2*5 short of centrals. Tip of 

 bill to gape 3'1. Tarse 2. Fourth toe and claw 4. The 

 testes were about "75 long by "4 broad, and the stomach 

 empty. 



100. Large Common Gull. Larus niveus, Pall. 



Many of these were about on our first arrival at Chefoo, but 

 they passed away. 



101. Black-tailed Gull. Larus crassirosfris, Vieill. 

 These remained in flocks the summer through, resorting to 



the beach, where they washed and sunned themselves. 



Constable Webster attended one of these gatherings on the 

 morning of the 3rd July, and brought back eleven specimens, 

 all in full plumage, except one, which still retained immature 

 feathers. One adult had one hind toe wanting its nail, 

 another had lost half a leg. There were two sizes, the larger 

 proving males, the lesser females. The sexes of course did 

 not differ in plumage. 



Adult male ( ($ on dissection) . — Length 20 inches. Wing 

 15, first quill slightly longer than second, and longest. Tail 

 6, of twelve even feathers, outermost white, except on bit of 

 stem and bit of edge of inner web. Iris yellowish cream- 

 coloui', black on outer circle. Eyelids vermiHon. Two thirds 

 of bill bright greenish yellow, with red-orange rictus and in- 

 side of mouth ; apical third black, with vermilion tips and 



