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" Button/' or " Button-Quail." I have seen it occasionally in the 

 possession of natives at Amoy. 



102. Squatarola helvetica (Gmel.). 



Occurred during February, but not afterwards. One kept in 

 an aviary at Amoy appears to have undergone no change in 

 plumage as late as the end of May. Is this merely attributable 

 to the effect of confinement on the bird's constitution ; or is this 

 race in any way separable from the European one ? 



103. Charadrius virginicus, Bork. Cantonese, " Mapaw- 

 chuy." 



A common bird near Canton ; passes the summer there. The 

 females do not appear to undergo so complete a moult as the 

 males. 



104. .^GIALITES CANTIANUS (Lath.). 



Common during February. The majority migrate northwards. 



105. JilGIALITES PUSILLUS (Horsf.). 



Common about Hongkong in the rice-fields. Many stay to 

 breed. 



106. iEoiALITES GEOFFROYII (Wagl.). 



A large species : shot once at Amoy. One was shown to me 

 that had been procured from a flock on the main opposite Hong- 

 kong. 



107. Ardea cinerea, Linn, 

 Frequently seen. 



108. Herodias egretta ? Cantonese, ''Pah haw" (White 

 Crane). 



These birds are found in the neighbourhood of Canton, and 

 are brought alive to market, where they may often be seen stand- 

 ing at some shop-door, the primary quills twisted together into 

 a knot, and the eyes blindfolded by a feather passed through 

 the underlid of each eye and tied over the head. They are 

 called by Europeans " White Cranes." I procured a pair, which 

 I send for Mr. Sclater's inspection*. 



* They seem to be H. intermedia (Wagler). See, for synonyms, Blyth's 

 Catalogue, p. 279.— P. L. S. 



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