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creek on Green Island (a small, flat, partially cultivated 

 island right opposite the settlement), and saw one or two 

 others for sale in the streets. 



Dendrocygna javanica (Horsf.). 



This, I think, is only the second instance of this bird's 

 occurrence in China. It was shot near Sharp Peak in 

 November. 



-f EUPLOCAMUS NYCTHEMERUS (Linn.). 



On the 9th January this year a native was offering two 

 fine males for sale in the streets, and on 24th February my 

 man bought one from a man who said he had shot it three 

 or four days previously. These birds all came from Yen 

 Ping Fu. 



' HvpoTiENiDiA STRIATA (Linn.). 

 One shot on 10th May. Wing 5 inches, tarsus 1-6. 



-- Grus vipio. Pall. 



A fine female, shot down at the river mouth by a native 

 wildfowler in February this year. 



Otis dybowskii. 



A specimen of this was bought by my man at the same 

 time as the Black Stork. I believe that Mr. de La Touche 

 has since received the skin of one from here. There is no 

 reason why they should not straggle down here now and 

 again. 



LiMOSA UROPYGIALIS, Gould. 



Two shot near Sharp Peak in October 1889. 



-' CoLYMBUs arcticus, Linn. 

 Two skins, dated February and March. 



— Alga umisuzume (Temm.). 



Three of these birds were shot by a fisherman outside the 

 river in April. 



Procellaria sp. inc. 



Two shot outside the river by the man who got the last 

 birds. They were obtained in July. 



[One of these is perhaps the most interesting of the 



