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97. Gallinula chloropus. 



Common about all the ponds as long as they remained 

 unfrozen. 



-f-98. FlJLICA ATRA. 



Equally common. 



99. Grus, sp. inc. 



On two occasions in the spring I saw small flocks of 

 Cranes, high up in the air, flying northwards. The Maa- 

 churian Crane is sometimes kept in captivity in Peking. 



100. Microsarcops cinereus (Cat. B. xxiv. p. 133). 



I had one specimen sent to me from the Summer Palace 

 on April 1st. It was a hen, with a moderately developed 

 ovary. I saw no others. 



_(_101. Vanellus vulgaris. 



There were large flocks of Lapwings in the Hunting Park 

 at the end of March. They were very wild, and I only 

 managed to shoot one. 



102. tEgialitis alexandrina. 



I shot a single bird of this species at Tientsin in August, 

 but did not see it alive at Peking, though there were several 

 examples in a frozen state in the market during the winter. 



103. Ibidorhynchus struthersi. 



I bought the only specimen which I saw in the market at 

 the beginning of February. 



-M04. NUMENIUS ARQUATA. 



Curlews were common in the early spring, especially in 

 the Hunting Park. 



-V-105. TOTANUS OCHROPUS. 



Fairly common. 



106. TOTANUS GLAREOLA. 



I shot a few specimens in the spring. 



107. Tringa temmixcki. 



Common at Tientsin in A.ugust — uncommon at Peking. 

 sr;ii. vi n. — vol. in. i) 



