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265. Ciconia nigra L. 

 Ciconia nigra D. & O. p. 450. 



The Black Stork breeds^ I am informed, among the high 

 rocks in the mountains about 30 miles nortli of Chinwangtao. 

 I saw it soaring overhead on the 30tli and 31st of October, 

 1911. It passes regularly in spring and autumn. I have 

 two adult specimens shot in this neighbourhood : — 



? , 2nd Nov., 1915. Bill crimson, skin round the eye 

 and chin vermilion ; legs crimson, the scales on the front of 

 the tarsus and on feet black, soles of feet vermilion. Total 

 length 41*20 in,, wing 22 in., tarsus 8 in., tail 9*30 in., 

 culmen 7"30 in. 



$ , 4th March, 191G. Soft parts as above. Total length 

 4375 in., wing 23-30 in., tail 10'-20 in., culmen 7-4 in., 

 tarsus 8'40 in. 



I saw, while riding on the plain near Newchwang, in 

 1889, two large birds, which were without doubt Black 

 Storks. 



266. Ardea manillensis Meyen. 

 Ardea purpurea D. & 0. p. 438. 

 Ardea manillensis La T. p. 583, 



The Eastern Purple Heron is common on migration. It 

 was specially abundant in 1911, when I saw numbers in the 

 marshes on the 14th of April. On the 6th of October 

 following, some 200 passed over the plain. It passes in 

 April, JNlay, September, and October. 



267. M'dea cinerea L. 



Ardea cinerea D. & O. p. 437; La T. p. 582. 



The Grey Heron is an abundant migrant. It ))asses from 

 the latter half of March to the end of May and from the 

 last ten days of July to the end of October. A few must 

 summer in the vicinity of Chinwangtao, as I have seen twice 

 in the early summer a pair which were evidently settled for the 

 breeding-season. Hard-sat eggs were brought to me on the 

 26th of May, 1917, and two young birds tlie following June. 



I saw the Grey Heron at Newchwang in May 1889. 



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