30 Mr. J. D. T). La Toiiclie on the [Tbis, 



In September 1913, owing probably to the favourable 

 condition of the marshes in this vicinity, Snipe of this 

 species swarmed there during the first half of the month. 

 As a rule, April, May, and September are the months during 

 which the birds are most abundant. 



248. Limnocryptes gallinula (L.). 

 Gallinago yallinula D. & O. p. 479. 



Sir Francis Aglen, K.B.E., Inspector-General of the 

 Chinese Maritime Customs, informed me that he had shot a 

 Jack-Snipe near Peitaiho, the well-known seaside resort 

 near Chinwangtao, towards the end of August 1915. 

 Pere David states that foreign sportsmen assured him that 

 they had shot this bird near Peking. I have the wings, legs, 

 and head of a plucked bird which had been purchased in the 

 Shanghai market, and also a skin of a bird shot at Foochow 

 on the 12th of October, 1910, for which I am indebted to 

 Mr. C. B. Rickett. 



249. Rostratiila capensis (L.). 

 Rliynch(Ea capensis 1). & O. p. 480. 



I have a single male example of the Painted Snipe shot 

 by Sir Francis Aglen, K.CE., at the marshes near Chin- 

 wangtao on the 11th of September, 1916. It is the only 

 bird of this species seen by me from that locality, 



250. Larus ridibundus L. 

 Chroicocephalus ridibundus D. & O. p. 520. 

 Larus ridibundus La T. p. 582. 



jNIigrating parties of the Laughing Gull appear towards 

 the middle of March and the birds are abundant until the 

 first week in May, after which they disappear, to begin 

 passing again early in July. Birds seen travelling in July 

 appeared to still have the hood. They may be seen in July 

 and August flying along the coast, going south-west. I have 

 seen them until very late in November on the tidal creeks, 

 but I do not think that any winter here. 



The Laughing Gull was common at Newchwang during 

 my stay there in 1889. 



