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1892j p. 204), which I think is undescribed. Its length is 

 less than that of Ph. brasilianus, but its tail is longer. 

 It is occasionally seen here in spring and summer, when it 

 associates with the Gulls in their breeding-place. The 

 present specimen was captured by a friend, who kept it alive 

 for three days ; hence its cut wing. 



[If this belongs to a species distinct from P. brasilianus 

 (which I agree with Mr. Holland seems likely), it is probably 

 P. gracilis (Meyen), described and figured as Halieus gracilis 

 in his Beitr. z. Zool. p. 237, tab. xxxii., from specimens 

 obtained in Chili. But I cannot decide the question without 

 additional examples. — P. L. S.] 



-/- 14. Dendrocygna fulva (Gm.). (Arg. Orn. ii. p. 126.) 

 A male, March 22nd, 1896. Legs slate-blue ; iris black ; 

 bill slate-blue, tip black. 



A winter and summer visitor in flocks, but not common. 



■^ 15. Gelochelidon anglica (Mont.) ; Saunders, B. M. C. 

 XXV. p. 25. 



Sterna anglica, Holland, Ibis, 1890, p. 428 ; 1892, p. 212. 



[Mr. Holland sends home a fine adult male of this Tern, 

 obtained at Sta. Elena, Oct. 12th, 1895. '' Legs black ; iris 

 brown ; bill black." He notes it as " fairly common," so 

 that there can be now no doubt whatever that it should be 

 added to the Argentine list. — P. L. S,] 



XV. — On a Further Collection of Birds, made by Messrs. 

 La Touche and Rickett, from N.W. Fohkien. By Henry 

 H. Slater. 



(Plate IV.) 



I AM again indebted to my two indefatigable friends in the 

 far East for the privilege of examining an interesting 

 collection of birds, selected from a much larger number, 

 obtained at Kuatun {cf. 'Ibis,' 1896, pp. 489-490) in May 

 and June 1896. I am pleased to find among them some 

 confirmation of an expectation formed a good many years 

 since — namely, that many of the Himalayan birds, hitherto 



