102 Dr. O, Fiuscli's Ornithological 



216. Gelochelidon anglica (Mont.). 

 Terns are seldom seen, and never linger on tlieir passage 

 through. One specimen secured 23rd April. 



247. Hydrochelidon hybrida (Pall.). 



Two specimens secured 22nd April, when a party of eight 

 or ten were seen. 



In a young bird procured byDr. Scully, 29th August, the bill 

 is black, not red, as suggested by Hume (Stray Feathers, vii. 

 p. 445), and the feet are dark brown with a reddish tinge. 



A Tern which looked like Sterna fluviatilis was seen by me 

 on 23rd August, evidently passing through on its way south. 



248. Hydrochelidon nigra (Linn.). 



Since my leaving Gilgit, Dr. Scully writes that he has 

 secured five specimens, which he believes to belong to this 

 species or to H. leucoptera. The measurements vary from 8'2 

 to 9 inches in the wing, and from 0*74 to 0*9 in the tarsus. 



249. Graculus carbo (Linn.). 



Several times I have seen a Cormorant which I assign to 

 this species; but I have never secured a specimen. On 12th 

 September I saw a ilock of five in the Sai valley. 



IV. — Ornithological Letters from the Pacific. — Nos.V. & VI. ^ 

 By Otto Finsch, Ph.D., H.M.13.0.U., &c. 



No. V. Kvshai. 



Pacific Ocean, on board the German schooner 

 ' Francisca.' March 1st, 1880. 



We left Taluit (Marshall group) on February 15th, and made 

 a fine and pleasant voyage of five days only to Kushai. 

 The weather was exceedingly nice, and the sea Avas smooth ; 

 but no birds were seen, except a few Tropic-birds {Phaeton 

 flavirostris and P. cethereus) . On the morning of the 20th of 

 February we sighted the island of Kushai, which, with its 

 mountains covered all over with dense woods, offers a most 

 delightful prospect, especially for those who have been living 

 * For No. IV. see Vol. IV. p. i2d. 



