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2 # 5, of twelve nearly equal feathers ; under tail-coverts \ inch 

 short of tail-tip ; upper tail-coverts '92 short of tail-tip. Six 

 vermilion wax tips on each wing. 



B, $. Length 7 - 4 inches. Wmg4'42, first quill* 10 shorter 

 than second. Yellow terminal spots on outer webs of quills 

 pale and washed out. Five wax tips on left side, seven on the 

 right. Slightly more yellowish on the belly. Under tail- 

 coverts reach to end of tail. 



C, 3 . Length 72 inches. Wing 4*4, first and second 

 quill equal and longest. Terminal quill-spots pale and mixed 

 with white, but yellower than in B. Red wax tips, four on 

 each side. Under tail-coverts reach to "14 from tip of tail. 



The sexes were determined by dissection. The stomachs 

 contained seeds of berries, and a few larvae of insects. The 

 trachea of the male is larger and broader than that of the 

 female. 



A look into ' The Ibis ' for January 1873 takes me back 

 for a few minutes to Ningpo. Mr. Blyth (page 80) speaks 

 of the occurrence in India of both Rallus indicus and R. aqua- 

 ticus. At" Tientsin I got the former, as recorded in my last 

 catalogue. I was therefore not a little surprised to get at Ning- 

 po, on the 20th November, a veritable R. aquaticus. It was 

 a male, with yellow iris and red bill, wanted the facial mark, 

 and was of somewhat small size. 



On the 26th February I found a fine male specimen of the 

 Solitary Snipe hanging up in the Shanghai market. As this 

 is the first instance of my procuring this species in China, I 

 will give a short account of it. 



Gallinago solitaria, 6. Length 11 -8 inches. Wing 63, 

 reaching to \ an inch of end of tail ; first quill slightly longer 

 than the second and longest, '3 longer than the longest ter- 

 tiary. Tail 2 - 9; outer rectrix 1*35 shorter than centrals and 

 about - 12 broad; second rectrix rather broader and longer; 

 third double the breadth and about *22 longer ; fourth broader 

 again, and "28 longer ; fifth much broader than the last, and 

 •31 longer than the first or outer; the sixth and some five 

 or seven others (number imperfect in the specimen) ordinary 

 seolopaciuc tail -feathers. Bill from forehead 3 inches, from 



