504 Mr. F. W. Styan on the Birds of 



the wet ploughs and marsh lands. They mostly leave before 

 the end of April, but a few remain to breed. 



On 26th May I saw a pair on a small island in a lake at 

 Kiiikiang, and in June one was shot and given to me. 



310. Yanellus cristatus, Wolf & Meyer. 

 (604.) Common all winter. 



311. Strepsilas interpres (L.). 



(619.) Met with in Shanghai market in May. 



312. HiEMATOPUs oscuLANs, Swinhoc. 

 (618.) A winter species, not very abundant. 



Fam. ScoLOPACiD^. 



313. Recurvirostra avocetta, L. 

 (660.) Found in small parties in winter. 



314. HiMANTOPUs MELANOPTERus, Temm. 



(661.) H. candidus, Bonn.; Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1871, 

 p. 405. 



Occasionally shot near Shanghai, but rare. Specimens in 

 the Museum are dated April and May. 



315. SCOLOPAX RUSTICUIA, L. 



(681.) Woodcocks arrive about the end of October and 

 early in November, and are scattered thinly over the country 

 all winter. I have heard of one among the hills in September, 

 and have frequently seen them there in April, from which I 

 think it probable that a few remain to breed. They occa- 

 sionally perch on trees. I have driven one out of a holly 

 and on another occasion two out of a bamboo. 



316. Gallinago solitaria (Hodgs.). 



(682.) Very scarce. I have only seen one in the flesh, 

 killed on 28th October in the district. In the north and in 

 Corea it is more plentiful, and its scarcity on the Yangtse is 

 probably accounted for by its being a mountain species 

 {cf. D. & O., " Ois. de la Chine,'' p. 476). 



Found by Swinhoe in Shanghai market in February. 



317. Gallinago stenura (Bp.). 



(684.) G. horsfieldi (Gray) ; Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 407. 

 The Pin-tailed Snipes begin to arrive about the middle of 



