498 Mr. J. D. de la Toiiche on the 



was shot at the end of February 1889 by my shooting-boy 

 in the Taiyang country. 



-- 276. Gallinago scolopacina, Bp. [685.] 



This is the winter Snipe of Foochow and Swatow. It is 

 more abundant in the latter district^ especially during the 

 spring migration, 



-^ 277. Gallinago stenura (Bp.). [684,] 



This Snipe is tolerably abundant at Foochow in the spring. 

 It returns towards the middle or end of August, and is com- 

 mon throughout the autumn_, a few wintering in the district. 

 It winters at Swatow, but does not seem to be particularly 

 common there, 



^^ 278. Gallinago megala, Swinh, [683.] 



Arrives at Foochow towards the end o£ March and remains 

 till the beginning of INIay. The autumn passage begins 

 about the middle of August, and the birds are fairly abun- 

 dant throughout September and par t.of October. At Swatow, 

 strange to say, this Snipe is almost unknown. I only saw 

 one during the two years that I spent at that port ; it was 

 shot in April by my shooting-boy some distance up the 

 Keyong River. 



"-279. Rhynch,ea cape n sis (Linn.). [687.] 



Resident and fairly common in the Foochow district. It 

 also occui's near Swatow, but less commonly, I believe. 



280. Tringa crassirostris, T. & S. [671.] 

 Several obtained on the Foochow coast in September and 

 October, 



-f 281. Tringa canutus (Linn.). [672.] 



I only saw six specimens of the Knot during the whole 

 time that I was at Foochow. They were shot at the begin- 

 ning of November. 



-^282. Tringa cinclus (Linn.). [675,] 



Foochow and Swatow in winter; very abundant. 



One in partial breeding-plumage was shot on the Foochow 



coast at the beginning of August, 



