14 Mr. J. D. D. La Touche on the [Ibis, 



near Shanliaikuan. I believe tbat examples of this Crane 

 are occasionally obtained in tlie neiglibonrhood, but during 

 six years' residence at Chinwangtao, I know of two only 

 having been captured. Among the flocks of Crane Avhich pass 

 over I have seen white Cranes with black wings which 

 were either of this or the next species. The following- 

 dates may he particularly mentioned : 12 October, 2 Nov- 

 ember, 1913, 30 March, 1915. The birds seen on this 

 last-mentioned date are noted in my diary as follows: — 

 "At 3.15 P.M. two very large flocks of (*ranes flew over 

 accompanied by a couple of small parties: some were white 

 with black primaries so far as I could make out, others 

 were grey birds. All were flying together, a patch of white 

 birds and then a lot of grey ones. The eff'ect of the 

 variegated V^s was very curious. There must have been 

 300 of the birds.'' These white Cranes have a rather 

 shrill call : '^ coo-kee." 



203. Grus leucogeranus Pall. 



Grus lecucogeranus D. & O. p. 436. 



I have an example of the Great White Crane, shot at 

 Hsieh Chia Ying in the spring of 1915. With the exception 

 of the bastard wing and primaries Avhich are black, the bird 

 is entirely white. The colouring of the soft parts in tlie 

 dried skin are : — bill dull livid purple, apical part pale 

 horn ; skin of crown and face dusky reddish yellow ; legs 

 dull reddish pink. The bill is serrated at its extremity for 

 about 2*20 in. Measurements : — Culnien 7'20, wing 24.*00, 

 tail 8*20, tarsus 9*50 inches. 



204. Otis dybowskii Tacz. 

 Otis tarda D. & O. p. 421. 

 Otis dyhowskii La T. p. 579. 



The Eastern Great Bustard passes Chinwangtao from early 

 in March to the end of April or beginning of May. On tiie 

 ]Oth of May, 1916, two of these birds flew over the port, but 

 these were doubtless belated travellers. In autumn, from 

 October until about the 10th of November is the time of 



