19 1 7-] Birds of the Province of Fuhkien. 561 



Sphenocercns sieboldi Teram. 



Sphenocercus sororius La Touche, Ibis, 1913, p. 280. 

 The specimen has been identified as being of this species 

 by Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Graut. 



Scolopax rusticola L. 



D. & O. p. 475 ; La Touche, Ibis, 1892, p. 497. 



An example of the Woodcock, shot at Foochovr on the 7th 

 of December, 1916, has the primaries, the primary-coverts, 

 the winglet, the corresponding parts of the under wing- 

 coverts, the first secondary of one wing, and the first 

 two of the other wing pure white. Tlie underparts are 

 rather pale, but the bird is otherwise normal. The contrast 

 between the "Woodcock plumage and tlie white flight- 

 feathers is most striking. 



Sterna media Horsf. 



Two female examples of the Allied Tern were shot at 

 Foochow in April 1916. The wings measure 12*3 inches and 

 12*4 inches. Tliis Tern appears to have been observed on the 

 coast of Kwangtung (Vaughan & Jones, Ibis, 1913, p. 376). 



Sterna longipennis Nordm. 

 D. & O. p. 526. 



A female example from Foochow, dated May 1913. 

 Wing 113 inches. 



Sterna tibetana Saunders. 

 Sterna fluviatilis D. & O. pp. 525-6 [part?]. 

 A male and a female from Foochow, dated April 1916. 

 Both these birds and the above are in breeding-dress. 



Anons stolidus (L.). 



Rickett, Ibis, 1900, p. 60 ; D. & O. p. 529. 



A male from Foochow, dated 21 September, 1912. 



Pelecanus crispns Bruch. 



A fine adult female of the Dalmatian Pelican was shot 

 near Foochow in April 1913. The pouch was bright red 

 and had a black mark at the base of the lower mandible. 

 Wing 27 inches, culmen 14*25. 



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