Birds of Foochow and Swatow. 497 



~f 269. ^GIALITIS DEALBATA, Swinh. [616.] 



Swatow in summer, and probably resident. I found two 

 eggs on a low sand-bank at the beginning of June. One of 

 them was addled, and the other was on the point of hatching. 

 The markings of the former resembled those of the eggs of 

 Sternula sinensis ; the latter was deep yellow, pencilled all 

 over with numerous brown streaks. There was no nest of 

 any kind, but only a little round hollow in the sand. The 

 egg is 33 millim. in length. 



i 270. Strepsilas iNTERPRES (Liuu.) . [619.] 



Passes Foochow in September and October. I shot a 

 male, still in breeding-plumage, at Swatow on the 12th 

 of September. 



"^ 271. H^MATOPus oscuLANs, Swinli. [618.] 



Not uncommon at Foochow and Swatow in winter. 



^4—272. Recurvirostra avocetta, Linn. [660.] 



Very scarce at Foochow. Two were shot on the coast in 

 the middle of February 1887 by a native wildfowler, who 

 told me that the species was unknown to him. At Swatow 

 the Avocet is not uncommon during the winter. 



273. HiMANTOPUS CANDIDUS, BoDuat. [661.] 



The Stilt is rare at Foochow. I procured specimens in 



March 1885, on the 20th of October, 1885, and on the 18th 



of April, 1886. 



7^274. LoBiPEs hyperboreus (Linn.). [689.] 



Two examples of this Phalarope were sent to me from 

 Foochow by the native wildfowler Tsung Yang. I once saw 

 a Phalarope in Swatow bay at the beginning of Sep- 

 tember ; and Avhen travelling down the coast at the beginning 

 of April 1890 I noticed, a few hours before reaching Swatow, 

 large flocks of this bird sitting on the water. 



t"275. ScoLOPAx RusTicuLA, Linn. [681.] 



The Woodcock is rare in the Foochow district, but a few 

 are shot there every winter by foreigners. It is very scarce 

 indeed on the Swatow hills. I have heard of one or two 

 having been shot on the hills beyond Chao-chow-fu ; and one 



