1G2 Mr. R. Swinhoc on Birds from Hakodadi. 



cumfcrencc of the head and not descending at all on to the 

 breast, by the absenee of white on the nape, and by the ru- 

 fescence of the upper parts, Blakiston remarks, " it arrives 

 early and inhabits meadows." Where does this species go 

 for its winter ? Does it also wander to the Philippines ? 



41. Japanese Lark. Alauda japonica, T. & S. 



"A male shot in March. This has more the bill of the 

 Woodlark, A. arbor ea, the gonys of the under mandible de- 

 scending near the tip. It is otherwise in appearance like the 

 Skylark, A. arvensis, but is smaller, with shorter wing, and 

 with more black on the back, and has the tail-feathers nar- 

 rowing towards their tips, the inner web of the 1st rectrix 

 having a blackish margin for about one half the length of the 

 feather, the 3rd rectrix having the inner web without any 

 white at its tip ; and it has a much darker foot. Blakiston 

 writes of the bird, "not a Tree- Lark, as you supposed." 



42. Eastern Wryneck. Yunx japonica, Bp. 



A male, shot in May, of the same small race that visits 

 South China in winter. 



43. Eastern Turtle Dove. Turtur gelastes (Temm.). 



A female shot in April, and precisely identical with the 

 Dove that breeds in the northern half of China and visits the 

 south during winter. 



44. Eastern Golden Plover. Charadrius fulvus, Lath. 

 A female procured in May, only in partial summer- 

 plumage. 



45. Harting^s Sand-Plover, ^gialites placidus (G. R. 

 Gray*). 



A male and female, both of April. The female is larger 

 than the male, with less black on the forehead, and a less per- 

 fect neck-ring. She is rather smaller, and has a shorter bill 

 than a female procured by myself on the Yangtze in May ; 

 but she has more of the summer black about her forehead and 

 neck. The male is also smaller than a May Yangtze male, 

 has a shorter back, smaller legs, and a wing '5 less long. It 

 * Cf. Ibis, 1873, p. 326. 



