24 Mr. J. D. B. La Touche on the [Ibis, 



221. Numenius arquatus (L.). 

 Numenius li neat us D. & O. p. 457. 

 Numenius arquatus La T. p. 58L 



Curlew are met with in spring from the last decade in 

 JNIai'ch to the end of May, and pass again very early in July. 

 I have heard tliem calling at niglit as early as the end of 

 June, but it may be that birds heard so early in the season 

 were wanderers from neighbouring breeding-grounds. I saw 

 tbree nndoubtcd Common Curlew on the 21st of April, 1912, 

 and the collectors recorded seeing them from the 31st of 

 Marcb to the 28th of May, and shot one out of three on the 

 28th of August, 1917 ; but, as a rule, the Curlew in this 

 vicinity keep to the inaccessible mud-flats, and it is difficult 

 to ascertain with certainty whether the birds belong to this 

 or the following species. 



The Curlew passes Newchwang on migration. 



222. Numenius cyanopus Vieillot. 

 Numenius tahitiensis D. & O. p. 458. 

 Numenius cyanopus La T. ]). 581. 



The Eastern Curlew was noted in 1913 from the 12th of 

 April to the 3rd of May. It is very probable that the birds 

 heard at night in summer are of this species. I have seen 

 them in Septeiiiber. 



This Curlew breeds, I believe, on the plains near 

 Newchwang. 



223. Numenius phaeopus variegatus Scop. 

 Numenius jihaopus D. & O. p. 457. 

 Numenius variegatus La T. p. 581. 



Tlie collectors recorded the Eastern Whinibrel througliout 

 May 1913. I have seen it passing on the 27th of August 

 and on other dates. It is quite a common migrant both in 

 spring and in early autumn. 



I noticed this bird on migration at NewchAvang. 



224. Mesoscolopax minutus (Gould). 

 Numenius minutus D. & O. p. 458. 

 Mesuscolopax minutus La T. p. 581. 



The Little Curlew passes in spring during the latter half 



