5G2 Mr. J. D. D. La Touclie on the [Ibis, 



Puffimis griseus pescadoresi. 



Neonectris griseus pescadoresi Matliews & Iredale, Ibis, 

 1915, p. 602. 



A skin of a Shearwater, which appears to be of this 

 species, "was sent to me from Foochow. It is labelled 

 ^'Foochow, May 1916. '■* Wing 11*25 inches, culmen 1-52. 



Plegadis falcinellns (L.). 



Ibis falcinellus D. & O. p. 455. 



Three adult examples of the Glossy Ibis were shot at 

 Foochow on the 19th of April, 1913. This bird was 

 included among the birds of China by Swinhoe and David & 

 Oustalet on the authority of sportsmen, who had told Swinhoe 

 that they had seen the bird in Chekiang. 



Demiegretta sacra (Gm.). 



Vaughan & Jones, Ibis, 1913, p. 369. 



I have an example, dated 14 P'ebrnarj^ 1914, sent to 

 nie from Foochow, which is stated to have been shot at 

 Hing Hua on the coast of Fohkien. It is slate-coloured, 

 with a white line down the centre of the throat. Wing 

 10'5 inches. 



Butorides ainurensis Schrenck. 

 Butorides inacrorhynchus D. & O. p. 443. 

 1 have an immature example of the Amoor Green Heron^ 

 shot at Foochow in September 1914. 



Nyctiardea magnifica Ogilvie-Grant. 



La Touche, Ibis, 1913, p. 282. 



I have four more examples of this fine Heron, all obtained 

 in May 1914 and on the 7th and 20th of March, 1915, in 

 central Fohkien, where the bird is said to breed. Two are 

 adult males, one is an adult female, and the fourth (dated 

 7 March) is a female in immature plumage. This bird 

 differs as follows from the adult : — There is no black or 

 orange on the head and neck, the black being replaced 

 by deep brown, each feather having a pale buff or whitish 

 elongated spot near the tip. The scapulars, interscapular 



